platform
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platforms
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platforms
Britannica Dictionary definition of PLATFORM
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a
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a flat surface that is raised higher than the floor or ground and that people stand on when performing or speaking
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a raised wooden platform
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He stepped up onto the platform and looked out into the audience.
b
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a flat area next to railroad tracks where people wait for a train or subway
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She stepped off the train onto the platform.
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Our train is boarding on platform 6.
c
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a usually raised structure that has a flat surface where people or machines do work
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a viewing/observation platform
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oil drilling platforms
2
:
the official beliefs and goals of a political party or candidate
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compare plank
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political platforms
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the Republican/Democratic platform
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The party adopted a new platform.
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She was elected on a platform of peace. [=people elected her because she promised to work for peace]
3
:
something that allows someone to tell a large number of people about an idea, product, etc.
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The company plans to use the show as a platform to launch the new soft drink.
4
:
a shoe with a very thick sole
— usually plural
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In the 1970s, we all wore platforms and bell-bottom pants.
— called also
platform shoe
5
computers
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a program or set of programs that controls the way a computer works and runs other programs
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operating system
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The program can be run on various PC platforms.
