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1.NounA raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
2.NounA raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
3.NounA place or an opportunity to express one's opinion."This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women."
4.NounSomething that allows an enterprise to advance.
5.NounA political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
6.NounA raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
7.NounA specific stopping place on one of multiple tracks at a station, numbered or otherwise named.
8.NounEllipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).
9.NounA software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, or cloud computing.
10.NounA 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."That program runs on the X Window System platform."
11.NounEllipsis of car platform (“a set of components shared by several vehicle models”).
12.NounA flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
13.NounA light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
14.NounA plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
15.NounA sidewalk.
16.VerbTo furnish with or shape into a platform
17.VerbTo place on, or as if on, a platform.
18.VerbTo place a train alongside a station platform.
19.VerbTo include in a political platform
20.VerbTo publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
21.VerbTo open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
22.VerbTo form a plan of; to model; to lay out.