plat·form (pl t fôrm )n. 1. a. A horizontal surface raised above the level of the adjacent area, as a stage for public speaking or a landing alongside railroad tracks. b. A vessel, such as a submarine or an aircraft carrier, from which weapons can be deployed. c. An oil platform. 2. A place, means, or opportunity for public expression of opinion: a journal that served as a platform for radical views. 3. A vestibule at the end of a railway car. 4. A formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as a political party, makes its appeal to the public. 5. a. A thick layer, as of leather or cork, between the inner and outer soles of a shoe, giving added height. b. A shoe having such a construction. 6. Computer Science 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. 7. Geology a. A flat elevated portion of ground. b. The ancient, stable, interior layer of a continental craton composed of igneous or metamorphic rocks covered by a thin layer of sedimentary rock. [French plate-forme, diagram, from Old French : plat, flat; see plate + forme, form (from Latin f  rma).] |
platform
Noun
1. a raised floor
2. a raised area at a railway station where passengers get on or off the trains
3. See drilling platform
4. the declared aims of a political party
5. the thick raised sole of some shoes
6. a type of computer hardware or operating system [French plat flat + forme layout]
| platform (pltfôrm) 1. 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. 2. The part of a continent's craton (the ancient, relatively undisturbed portion of a continental plate) that is covered by flat or nearly flat strata of sediment. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"auction block, block - a platform from which an auctioneer sells; "they put their paintings on the block" catwalk - narrow platform extending out into an auditorium; "models displayed clothes on a catwalk at the fashion show" crow's nest - platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump - a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it deck - any of various platforms built into a vessel loading dock, dock - a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded fly floor, fly gallery - a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies footboard - a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet footplate - the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls foretop - a platform at the head of a foremast horizontal surface, level - a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level" landing - an intermediate platform in a staircase landing stage - platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad, pad - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched monkey bridge - a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room pallet - a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it pier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats ring - a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle runway - a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. scaffold - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) stage - a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box" microscope stage, stage - a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination stairhead - platform at the top of a staircase top - platform surrounding the head of a lower mast turntable - a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played turntable - a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars |
| 2. |  platform - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | |
| 3. | platform - the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically ADP system, ADPS, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system - a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services | |
| 4. | platform - any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons gun enclosure, gun turret, turret - a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| 5. |  platform - a woman's shoe with a very high thick soleshoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material |
platform
Translations
platform [ˈplætfɔːm] n (RAIL) → andén m (= stage); plataforma;
(at meeting) → tribuna;
(POL) → programa m (electoral);
platform [ˈplætfɔːm] n (= stage) → Podium nt;
(for landing, loading on etc, Brit) (of bus) → Plattform f;
(Rail) → Bahnsteig m;
(Pol) → Programm nt;
platform [ˈplætfɔːm] n (= stage), (at meeting) → palco;
(BRIT) (on bus) → piattaforma;
(RAIL) → marciapiede m;
n platform [ˈplӕtfoːm]
1 a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform. platform مِنَصَّه платформа pódium scene; tribune das Podium εξέδρα plataforma; escenario tribüün سکو lava estrade, tribune בָּמָה प्लेटफार्म, चबूतरा, मंच podij emelvény, dobogó, pódium panggung ræðu-/sviðspallur, svið palco 演壇 단(檀) pakyla paaugstinājums pentas podium plattform; talerstol podwyższenie palco estradă, podium сцена, трибуна pódium oder platforma estrad, podium, tribun แท่น sahne, plâtform 講台；戲台 сцена; трибуна چبوترہ، مچان bục 讲台；戏台
2 the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6. platform, perron رَصيف перон perón, nástupiště perron der Bahnsteig αποβάθρα (σταθμού) andén perroon سکو laituri quai רָצִיף प्लेटफार्म peron vágány peron brautarpallur marciapiede, banchina, binario プラットホーム (정거장의) 플랫폼 platforma platforma platform perron perrong peron plataforma peron платформа nástupište peron, ploščad peron plattform, perrong ชานชาลา peron, plâtform 站台 платформа, перон ريلوے اسٹيشن پر لائنوں کے درميان کا مرتفع حصہ sân ga 站台
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