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Webster 1913 Edition

Platform

Plat′formˊ

,
Noun.
[
Plat
, a. +
-form
: cf. F.
plateforme
.]
1.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A place laid out after a model.
[Obs.]
lf the
platform
just reflects the order.
Pope.
3.
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.
4.
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
.
“The platform of Geneva.”
Hooker.
5.
(Naut.)
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See
Orlop
.
Platform car
,
a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f[GREEK]at.
–
Platform scale
,
a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.

Plat′formˊ

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To place on a platform.
[R.]
2.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
[Obs.]
Church discipline is
platformed
in the Bible.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Platform

PLAT'FORM

,
Noun.
[plat, flat, form.] The sketch of any thing horizontally delineated; the ichnography.
1.
A place laid out after any model.
2.
In the military art, an elevation of earth or a floor of wood or stone, on which cannons are mounted to fire on an enemy.
3.
In architecture, a row of beams or a piece of timber which supports the timber-work of a roof, and lying on the top of the wall.
This in New England is called the plate.
4.
A kind of terrace or broad smooth open walk on the top of a building, as in the oriental houses.
5.
In ships, the orlop. [See Orlop.]
6.
Any number of planks or other materials forming a floor for any purpose.
7.
A plan; a scheme; ground-work.
8.
In some of the New England states, an ecclesiastical constitution, or a plan for the government of churches; as the Cambridge or Saybrook platform.
Platic aspect, in astrology, a ray cast from one planet to another, not exactly, but within the orbit of its own light.

Definition 2024

platform

platform

English

Noun

platform ‎(plural platforms)

  1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      “[…] 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.
  2. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion, a tribune.
    This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.‎
  3. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
  4. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
      Hodgson 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.
  5. (automotive) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
  6. (computing) 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, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
    That program runs on the X Window System platform.‎
    • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
      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.
  7. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
  8. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
  9. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
  10. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      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.
    • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
  11. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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Verb

platform ‎(third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
    • 1885, Frances Elliot, The Diary of an Idle Woman in Sicily, page 192:
      […] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […]
  2. (transitive) To place on a platform.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
    • Milton:
      Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.
  4. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
    • 1955, Amy Lowell, Complete Poetical Works, page 408:
      Among them I scarcely can plot out one truth / Plain enough to be platformed by some voting sleuth / And paraded before the precinct polling-booth.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: plat‧form

Etymology

From Middle French plate-forme.

Noun

platform n ‎(plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

  1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
  2. A political platform, (electoral) program
  3. A plateau
  4. A flat roof
  5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

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  • kiesplatform n

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plattform, from French plate-forme.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplɒtform]
  • Hyphenation: plat‧form

Noun

platform ‎(plural platformok)

  1. (politics) platform (electoral program)
  2. (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
  3. platform (a flat surface)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative platform platformok
accusative platformot platformokat
dative platformnak platformoknak
instrumental platformmal platformokkal
causal-final platformért platformokért
translative platformmá platformokká
terminative platformig platformokig
essive-formal platformként platformokként
essive-modal — —
inessive platformban platformokban
superessive platformon platformokon
adessive platformnál platformoknál
illative platformba platformokba
sublative platformra platformokra
allative platformhoz platformokhoz
elative platformból platformokból
delative platformról platformokról
ablative platformtól platformoktól
Possessive forms of platform
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. platformom platformjaim
2nd person sing. platformod platformjaid
3rd person sing. platformja platformjai
1st person plural platformunk platformjaink
2nd person plural platformotok platformjaitok
3rd person plural platformjuk platformjaik

Derived terms

  • platformfüggetlen

References

  1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French plate-forme.

Noun

platform ‎(definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

  1. platform
  2. (transport, travel) platform

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Etymology

From Middle French plate-forme ‎(“a flat form”), from plate ‎(“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς ‎(platús, “flat”)) + forme ‎(“form”) (from Latin fōrma ‎(“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

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