| platform | |
| 1. n. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made. | |
| 2. n. A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon. | |
| 3. n. 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. | |
| 4. n. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles. | |
| 5. n. (figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage. | |
| 6. n. (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models. | |
| 7. n. (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 en | |
| That program runs on the X Window System platform. | |
| 8. n. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion. | |
| 9. n. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. | |
| 10. n. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks. | |
| 11. n. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. | |
| 13. v. To furnish with or shape into a platform | |
| 14. v. To place on, or as if on, a platform. | |
| 15. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. | |
| 16. v. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform | |
