Meaning of platform | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
2. platform (a raised stage used for speeches and performances)
3. The basic technology of a computer system's hardware and software, defining how a computer is operated and determining what other kinds of software can be used. Additional software or hardware must be compatible with the platform.
4. platform (a place or opportunity to express one's opinions)
5. A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
6. A temporary framework with a floor, used by workmen:scaffold, scaffolding, stage.
7. platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
8. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
   figuratively
9. A horizontal surface raised above the level of the adjacent area, as a stage for public speaking or a landing alongside railroad tracks.
10. Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
    figuratively
11. A place, means, or opportunity for public expression of opinion: a journal that served as a platform for radical views.
12. A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
    figuratively
13. A vestibule at the end of a railway car.
14. A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
15. Ellipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural
16. A formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as a political party, makes its appeal to the public.
17. A software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, or cloud computing.
    Internet
18. A thick layer, as of leather or cork, between the inner and outer soles of a shoe, giving added height.
19. 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.
20. Computers The basic technology of a computer system's hardware and software that defines how a computer is operated and determines what other kinds of software can be used.
    Computers
21. Ellipsis of car platform (“a set of components shared by several vehicle models”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
22. Geology a. A flat elevated portion of ground.
    Geology
23. A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
24. (Architecture) a raised floor or other horizontal surface, such as a stage for speakers
25. A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
26. A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
    obsolete
27. A sidewalk.
    Myanmar

Equivalents

Examples

“Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.”

““[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.”

“This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.”

“[LeBron] James did not say which vaccine he had taken or the number of doses he had received. He also said that he would not use his platform to publicly encourage others to be vaccinated.”

“Hidgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.”

“Now if the earth could be enjoyed in such a manner as every one might have provision, as it may by this platform I have offered, then will the peace of the commonwealth be preserved, and men need not act so hypocritically as the clergy do, and others likewise, to get a living.”

“The Communist Party and its candidates stand on the following platform, which expresses the immediate interests of the majority of the population of our country.”

“Surely there is nothing strange or new or threatening about such a platform. It will distress only those who have the essentially un-American view that change itself is frightening and should be avoided at all costs.”

“We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.”

“People on the platforms / Waiting for the trains / I can hear their hearts a-beatin’ / Like pendulums swinging on chains”

““Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine — platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don’t seem to have built it yet, do they?””

“A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. […] Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?”

“Now open the album cover! How fabulous! The four of them [the Pointer Sisters] in platforms of death, tacky gowns, and "reflections of."”

“Walk to Shazzer's from polling station was hideous walk of shame. Also cannot wear platforms now as feet too crippled so will look short.”

“Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.”

“In fact, wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect.”

“The promise of the platform business model is its magical self-reinforcement: Once the platform is in place, money is supposed to flow through the system without much extra effort at all.”

“That program runs on the X Window System platform.”

““We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named.”

“A car platform consists of the underbody, suspension, and axles, plus components such as the steering mechanism, engine, and powertrain. Using such a platform, a car company can design several distinct car models to suit different customer groups[…]”

“Wave erosion causes a sea cliff to migrate landward, leaving a gently sloping surface, called a wave-cut platform. A wave-built platform originates by deposition at the seaward margin of the wave-cut platform.”

“His destruction intended by queene Quendred, hir platforme of the practise to kill him.”

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