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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dais, podium
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: tribune
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noun
Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: foundation, stage
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noun
A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport
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noun
A specific stopping place on one of multiple tracks at a station, numbered or otherwise named.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport
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Synonyms: track
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural
Qualifier: footwear
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noun
A software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, or cloud computing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of car platform (“a set of components shared by several vehicle models”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A sidewalk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Myanmar
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verb
To furnish with or shape into a platform
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To place on, or as if on, a platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To place a train alongside a station platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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verb
To include in a political platform
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform
verb
To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chopine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shoe
noun
a raised horizontal surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horizontal surface, level
Narrower terms: auction block, block, bandstand, outdoor stage, stand, catwalk, crow's nest, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox, deck, dock, loading dock, fly gallery, fly floor, footboard, footplate, foretop, landing, landing stage, launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad, monkey bridge, pallet, pier, wharf, wharfage, ring, runway, scaffold, stage, microscope stage, stairhead, top, turntable
noun
any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weapons platform
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret
noun
the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS
noun
a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: political platform, political program, program
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: document, written document, papers
History
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.
Across languages
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