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platform

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Synonyms: planform, flatform, platforms, flatworm, planiform, pliform, palatiform, playford, postform

Antonyms: planform, flatform, platforms, flatworm, planiform, pliform, palatiform, playford, postform

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q3093009}}A raised [[stage]] from which [[speech]]es are made and on which musical and other [[performance]]s are made.
  2. {{senseid|en|work}} A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
  3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
  4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
  5. {{lb|en|politics|figurative}} A political [[stance]] on a broad set of issues, which are called [[plank]]s.
  6. {{senseid|en|transport}} {{lb|en|transport}} A raised [[structure]] or other area alongside [[rail]]s or a [[driveway]] alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge [[passenger]]s.
  7. {{senseid|en|track number}} {{lb|en|transport}} A specific stopping place on one of multiple tracks at a [[station]], [[numbered]] or otherwise [[named]].
  8. {{senseid|en|Q582151}}{{lb|en|footwear|in the plural}} {{ellipsis of|en|platform shoe|t=a kind of high [[shoe]] with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles}}.
  9. {{lb|en|Internet}} A software system used to provide online services to clients, such as [[social media]], [[e-commerce]], or [[cloud computing]].
  10. {{senseid|en|Q241317}}{{lb|en|computing}} 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.
  11. {{lb|en|automotive}} {{ellipsis of|en|car platform|t=a set of [[component]]s [[share]]d by several [[vehicle]] models}}.
  12. {{senseid|en|geology}} {{lb|en|geology}} A flat [[expanse]] of [[rock]], often the result of [[wave]] [[erosion]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with or [[shape]] into a [[#Noun|platform]]
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To place on, or as if on, a platform.
  3. {{lb|en|rail}} To place a train alongside a station platform.
  4. {{lb|en|politics|transitive}} To include in a political platform
  5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[publish]] or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
  6. {{lb|en|film|transitive}} To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
  7. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To form a [[plan]] of; to [[model]]; to [[lay out]].

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