platform
IPA: pɫˈætfɔrm
noun
- A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
- (figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
- (figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
- (politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- (transport) A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
- (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
- (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- (Myanmar) sidewalk
- (footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles. [A type of footwear with very thick soles and heels to make the wearer appear much taller than they actually are.]
- (Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.
- (computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
- (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
- (rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.
- (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
- (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
- (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
- (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
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Examples of "platform" in Sentences
- The subway station platform is in the foreground.
- The platform is connected to the station building by an overpass.
- The station connects the with the in cross platform interchange type.
- The couple embraces passionately on the platform as the train pulls out.
- The train ticket office by the pedestrian entrance to the train platforms.
- His platform is 3rd generation trained in the realm of electronic wizardry.
- The platform and walkway are usually visible out the left side of the train.
- The station had four platforms and was one of the few with a refreshment room.
- The station building is elevated on an overpass above the platforms and tracks.
- The streetcar platform adds postmodern finishes to the station's mix of styles.