platform
Meanings
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.
- A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
- Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
- A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
- Ellipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).
- A software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, or cloud computing.
- A particular operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software; a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used for running other software.
- Ellipsis of car platform (“a set of components shared by several vehicle models”).
- A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
verb
- To furnish with or shape into a platform
- To place on, or as if on, a platform.
- To place a train alongside a station platform.
- To include in a political platform
- To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
- To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
- To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
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Etymology
From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.
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