What (who) is platform - definition
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Platforms; Platform (movie); Platform (concept); Platform (disambiguation); Platform (film); Platform film
Platform
·vt To place on a platform.
II. Platform ·noun A place laid out after a model.
III. Platform ·vt To form a plan of; to Model; to lay out.
IV. Platform ·noun A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
V. Platform ·noun A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. ·see Orlop.
VI. Platform ·noun A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
VII. Platform ·noun Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
platform
(platforms)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A platform is a flat, raised structure, usually made of wood, which people stand on when they make speeches or give a performance.
Nick finished what he was saying and jumped down from the platform.
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A platform is a flat raised structure or area, usually one which something can stand on or land on.
They found a spot on a rocky platform where they could pitch their tents.
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A platform is a structure built for people to work and live on when drilling for oil or gas at sea, or when extracting it.
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4.
A platform in a railway station is the area beside the rails where you wait for or get off a train.
The train was about to leave and I was not even on the platform.
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The platform of a political party is what they say they will do if they are elected.
...a platform of political and economic reforms...
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If someone has a platform, they have an opportunity to tell people what they think or want.
The demonstration provided a platform for a broad cross section of speakers.
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platform
Specific computer hardware, as in the phrase
"platform-independent". It may also refer to a specific
combination of hardware and operating system and/or
compiler, as in "this program has been ported to several
platforms". It is also used to refer to support software for
a particular activity, as in "This program provides a platform
for research into routing protocols".
(1994-12-07)
Pronunciation examples for platform
1. platform, advertising platform.
Going Supernova - The Bold Paths of 101 Superachievers _ Molly Lavik _ Talks at Google
2. platform.
iPads in Business _ Julio Ojeda-Zapata _ Talks at Google
3. platform.
Free-Flying Space Robots _ Jose Benavides _ Talks at Google
4. platform.
Polar Bears _ Jenny Ross & Kassie Siegel _ Talks at Google
5. platform.
Biking With Mark _ Mark Gainey _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of platform
1. She wanted to have her platform, shes had her platform.
2. The pattern on prices varies from platform to platform.
3. He didn‘t have a platform before but now the tabloids have given him that platform.
4. "The platform has been de–pressurised and made operationally safe." Operations at the platform have been suspended, the spokesperson said.
5. The platform is a little bulky, but relative to other platform shoes, it manages to look refined.