station
Synonyms:
(noun) appointment, business, depot, employment, location, metier, occupation, office, position, post, quarter, situation, terminal, trade.
(verb) detail, establish, fix, locate, position, post, set.
Related Words:
(noun) base, house, site, location, business, service, post, base, seat, spot, stop, whereabouts.
(verb) assign, base, establish, install, locus, place, seat.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Appointment, office, post, station all refer to kinds of duty or employment.
Appointment refers to a position to which one is assigned, as by a high government official.
Office often suggests a position of trust or authority.
Post is usually restricted to a military or other public position, as of a diplomat, although it may also refer to a teaching position.
Both post and station may refer to the place where a person is assigned to work.
Origin:
1350–1400; <Latin statiōn- (stem of statiō) a standing still, standing-place, equivalent to stat(us) (past participle of stāre to stand) + -iōn--ion; replacing Middle English stacioun<Anglo-French <Latin, as above. Dictionary 2: C14: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to stand. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of station: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 1685. History and Etymology for station: Noun: Middle English stacioun, from Anglo-French estation, statiun, from Latin station-, statio, from stare to stand — more at stand. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
(noun) appointment, business, depot, employment, location, metier, occupation, office, position, post, quarter, situation, terminal, trade.
(verb) detail, establish, fix, locate, position, post, set.
Related Words:
(noun) base, house, site, location, business, service, post, base, seat, spot, stop, whereabouts.
(verb) assign, base, establish, install, locus, place, seat.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Appointment, office, post, station all refer to kinds of duty or employment.
Appointment refers to a position to which one is assigned, as by a high government official.
Office often suggests a position of trust or authority.
Post is usually restricted to a military or other public position, as of a diplomat, although it may also refer to a teaching position.
Both post and station may refer to the place where a person is assigned to work.
Origin:
1350–1400; <Latin statiōn- (stem of statiō) a standing still, standing-place, equivalent to stat(us) (past participle of stāre to stand) + -iōn--ion; replacing Middle English stacioun<Anglo-French <Latin, as above. Dictionary 2: C14: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to stand. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of station: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 1685. History and Etymology for station: Noun: Middle English stacioun, from Anglo-French estation, statiun, from Latin station-, statio, from stare to stand — more at stand. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.