A platform is any raised surface you can stand on, like the platform beside subway tracks where you wait for the train to arrive.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
Noun
a woman''s shoe with a very high thick sole
Noun
a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
Noun
any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
Noun
the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
Noun
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"
n.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also
figuratively.
n.
A place laid out after a model.
n.
Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is
raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards
horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion
of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or
workmen; a standing place.
n.
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a
sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as,
the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
n.
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or
over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
v. t.
To place on a platform.
v. t.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
Platform
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Platform
Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
To place on a platform.
Usage Examples
I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.
I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now.
For the first time we're allowing developers who don't work at Facebook to develop applications just as if they were. That's a big deal because it means that all developers have a new way of doing business if they choose to take advantage of it. There are whole companies that are forming whose only product is a Facebook Platform application.
About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.
As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you love, and you hope that job will last - those things have happened. To have that platform to then talk about something that is very personal to me like marriage equality, it feels like a gift. I try and really respect that voice and not abuse it.
It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.
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Other Usage ExamplesFor President Obama, 'home of the brave' are not just the last words of our national anthem, but also a call to action. This is why the president's policies and our platform include incentives to train and hire our troops returning home. Not only because of our moral responsibility, but because it makes for a stronger, more secure American economy.
I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.
I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.
I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.
Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.
Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.
On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and that's been great, man. A lot of people don't have that platform.
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