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 from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
• : 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, cloud computing etc.
• : 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.
• : 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.
• A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

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.

Origin

• From Middle French plateforme ("a flat form"), from plate (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς ("flat")) + forme (from Latin forma ("shape; figure; form")); compare flatscape.