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station
English
Etymology
From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin stati?nem, accusative of stati? (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ste???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
station (plural stations)
- A stopping place.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- A ground transportation depot.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- " […] Meanwhile, lest anything should really be amiss, or any malefactor seek to escape by the back, you and the boy must go round the corner with a pair of good sticks and take your post at the laboratory door. We give you ten minutes, to get to your stations."
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- (US) A gas station, service station.
- 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
- 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- A place where workers are stationed.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- A military base.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- 1890, A. B. Paterson, The Man From Snowy River,
- There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, / that the colt from old Regret had got away,
- 1993, Kay Walsh, Joy W. Hooton, Dowker, L. O., entry in Australian Autobiographical Narratives: 1850-1900, page 69,
- Tiring of sheep, he took work on cattle stations, mustering cattle on vast unfenced holdings, and looking for work ‘nigger-bossing’, or supervising Aboriginal station hands.
- 2003, Margo Daly, Anne Dehne, Rough Guide to Australia, page 654,
- The romance of the gritty station owner in a crumpled Akubra, his kids educated from the remote homestead by the School of the Air, while triple-trailer road trains drag tornadoes of dust across the plains, creates a stirring idea of the modern-day pioneer battling against the elemental Outback.
- 1890, A. B. Paterson, The Man From Snowy River,
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- (Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addis & Arnold to this entry?)
- Standing; rank; position.
- And they in France of the best rank and station
- A broadcasting entity.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- (medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.5:
- […] the cross legs [are] moving or resting together, so that two are always in motion and two in station at the same time […]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.5:
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
Synonyms
- (broadcasting entity): (that broadcasts television) channel
- (ground transport depot): sta (abbreviation), stn (abbreviation)
- (military base): base, military base
- (large sheep or cattle farm): farm, ranch
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: estasyon
- ? Hindi: ?????? (s?e?an)
- ? Irish: stáisiún
- ? Malay: stesen
- ? Punjabi: ??????/?????? (sa???an)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: stèisean
- ? Urdu: ?????? (s?e?an)
Translations
References
- “station” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004. (Newfoundland station)
Verb
station (third-person singular simple present stations, present participle stationing, simple past and past participle stationed) (transitive)
- (usually passive) To put in place to perform a task.
- The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
- I was stationed on the pier.
- The Costa Rican's lofted corner exposed Arsenal's own problems with marking, and Berbatov, stationed right in the middle of goal, only needed to take a gentle amble back to find the space to glance past Vito Mannone
- To put in place to perform military duty.
- They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
- I was stationed at Fort Richie.
Translations
Anagrams
- sat on it
Danish
Etymology
From Latin stati? (“position, station”), derived from the verb stare (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sd?a??o?n]
Noun
station c (singular definite stationen, plural indefinite stationer)
- station (major stopping place for busses or trains)
- station (a building which is the center for an institution, in particular a police station)
- station (a company broadcasting radio or television)
Inflection
Derived terms
- brandstation
- endestation
- flyvestation
- mellemstation
- politistation
- pumpestation
- radiostation
- rutebilstation
- stationsby
- togstation
References
- “station” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French station.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /sta????n/
- Hyphenation: sta?ti?on
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
station n (plural stations, diminutive stationnetje n)
- station (place for vehicles to stop)
- Synonym: statie
Derived terms
- benzinestation
- eindstation
- metrostation
- NS-station
- onderzoeksstation
- pompstation
- ruimtestation
- stationsgebouw
- stationschef
- tramstation
- treinstation
- tussenstation
- wegwaaistation
- weerstation
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: stasiun
- ? Javanese: setasiyun
See also
- depot
French
Etymology
From Old French estation, estacion, borrowed from Latin st?ti?, st?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta.sj??/
Noun
station f (plural stations)
- station
Derived terms
Further reading
- “station” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tâtions
Interlingua
Noun
station (plural stationes)
- station (place where workers are stationed)
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English st?cioun, from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin stati?nem, accusative of stati? (“standing, post, job, position”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ste??n]
Noun
station (plural stations)
- station
References
- “station” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “station” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[4], 2016.
- “station” in John J Graham, The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, 1979, ?ISBN.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stati?nem, accusative of stati?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta??u?n/
Noun
station c
- station
- A facility used for broadcasting of transmissions.
- A facility (used by a state run department) or by scientists for collecting data.
- Place where one exits or enters a train, bus etc.
Declension
Related terms
- stationär
Derived terms
(facility used for broadcasting):
(facility used by a department or collecting of data):
(place where one exits or enters a train, bus etc.):
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fix
English
Etymology
From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin f?xus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from f?gere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?f?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Verb
fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abney to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”:
- Accu?ing ?ome malignant Star,
Not Britain, for that fateful War,
Your kindne?s bani?hes your fear,
Re?olv’d to fix for ever here.
- Accu?ing ?ome malignant Star,
- 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:
- A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
Flew there on restless wing,
Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
- A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
- 1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”:
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- quicksilver will 'fix, so asto endure the hammer
Alternative forms
- fixe (archaic)
Synonyms
- (pierce): impale, run through, stick
- (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
- (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
- (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
- (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
- (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down
Antonyms
- (to hold in place): move, change
Derived terms
- affix, affixative, fixed
- fixings, fixity, fixety
- fix someone's wagon, fix someone up with
Descendants
- ? Dutch: fixen, fiksen
Translations
Noun
fix (plural fixes)
- A repair or corrective action.
- Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
- (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A determination of location.
- (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
Descendants
- ? French: fixe, fix
Translations
References
Further reading
- fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *w?j? (“fire”). Cognate with Thai ?? (fai), Northern Thai ?? (fai), Lao ?? (fai), Lü ?? (fay), Tai Dam ??, Shan ??? (pháy) or ??? (fáy), Tai Nüa ??? (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek ???.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi??/
Noun
fix
- fire
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fixus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fiks/
- Rhymes: -iks
Adjective
fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)
- fixed, not changing
- stationary
Derived terms
- fixar
- telefonia fixa
Further reading
- “fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?ks]
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
fix m
- felt-tip pen, marker
Synonyms
- popisova?
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
fix
- first-person singular present indicative of fixen
- imperative of fixen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiks/
- Homophone: fixe
Noun
fix m (plural fix)
- Alternative spelling of fixe
German
Etymology
Latin f?xus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f?ks]
- Homophone: Ficks
Adjective
fix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)
- fixed (costs, salary)
- Synonym: fest
- quick
- Synonym: schnell
- smart
- Synonym: aufgeweckt
Declension
Descendants
- ? Hungarian: fix
See also
- fix und fertig
Hungarian
Etymology
From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fiks]
- Rhymes: -iks
Adjective
fix (not comparable)
- fixed, steady
- Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott
- immovable
- Synonym: szilárd
- sure, certain
- Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos
Declension
Derived terms
(Compound words):
- fixpont
(Expressions):
- fix objektív
Noun
fix
- a steady salary
Declension
References
Old French
Alternative forms
- fils, fis, fiz
Noun
fix m
- inflection of fil:
- oblique plural
- nominative singular
Romanian
Etymology
From French fixe, from Latin fixus.
Adjective
fix m or n (feminine singular fix?, masculine plural fic?i, feminine and neuter plural fixe)
- fixed
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
- Homophone: ficks
Adjective
fix
- fixed, inflexible, rigid
- en fix idé
- a fixed idea
- en fix idé
Declension
Related terms
- fixstjärna
Noun
fix c
- a fix, a dose of an addictive drug
Declension
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