platform

a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage

a political platform, (electoral) program

nl-noun

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

platformen (plural)
platforms (plural)
platformpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: platform

→ Indonesian: platform


platform

Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.

1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds, His Life and Achievements:

“[…] 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.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.

[LeBron] James did not say which vaccine he had taken or the number of doses he had received. He also said that he would not use his platform to publicly encourage others to be vaccinated.

2021 September 28, Scott Cacciola, “LeBron James said he was vaccinated, after previously evading the question.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.

A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.

Hidgson 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.

2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:

(figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.

Something that allows an enterprise to advance.

Now if the earth could be enjoyed in such a manner as every one might have provision, as it may by this platform I have offered, then will the peace of the commonwealth be preserved, and men need not act so hypocritically as the clergy do, and others likewise, to get a living.

1652, Gerrard Winstanley, chapter 1, in The Law of Freedom in a Platform:

The Communist Party and its candidates stand on the following platform, which expresses the immediate interests of the majority of the population of our country.

1936, Communist Election Platform 1936, New York City: Workers Library Publishers, page 6:

Surely there is nothing strange or new or threatening about such a platform. It will distress only those who have the essentially un-American view that change itself is frightening and should be avoided at all costs.

1972, Mike Gravel, Citizen Power: A People's Platform, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page xii:

(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

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.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

People on the platforms / Waiting for the trains / I can hear their hearts a-beatin’ / Like pendulums swinging on chains

1997, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”, in Time Out of Mind:

“Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine — platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don’t seem to have built it yet, do they?”

1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. […] Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?

2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

(transport) A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.

Now open the album cover! How fabulous! The four of them [the Pointer Sisters] in platforms of death, tacky gowns, and "reflections of."

1973 August 25, Jim Fournier, “Lo♡in' Mu𝄚ic”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 10, page 2:

Walk to Shazzer's from polling station was hideous walk of shame. Also cannot wear platforms now as feet too crippled so will look short.

2001 [1999], Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 167:

(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.

platform shoe

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.

2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

In fact, wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect.

2014, Astra Taylor, “Preface”, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

The promise of the platform business model is its magical self-reinforcement: Once the platform is in place, money is supposed to flow through the system without much extra effort at all.

2021 September 15, Reeves Wiedeman, “Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

digital platform
digital platform#English

(Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.

digital platform

That program runs on the X Window System platform.

“We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named.

1996 September 23, “Intel attacks Mac publishing niche”, in Computerworld, volume 30, number 39, →ISSN, page 56:

computing platform
computing platform#English

(computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: 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.

computing platform

A car platform consists of the underbody, suspension, and axles, plus components such as the steering mechanism, engine, and powertrain. Using such a platform, a car company can design several distinct car models to suit different customer groups[…]

2017, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 131:

(automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.

car platform

a set of components shared by several vehicle models

Wave erosion causes a sea cliff to migrate landward, leaving a gently sloping surface, called a wave-cut platform. A wave-built platform originates by deposition at the seaward margin of the wave-cut platform.

2019, Reed Wicander, James S. Monroe, Geology: Earth in Perspective, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 319:

(geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.

A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.

(nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.

His destruction intended by queene Quendred, hir platforme of the practise to kill him.

1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

հարթակ

figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion

платформа

something that allows an enterprise to advance: foundation or stage

պլատֆորմ

politics: political stance on a broad set of issues

月台

goa̍t-tâi, goe̍h-tâi, ge̍h-tâi, ge̍rh-tâi

Plattform

computing: computer system used to deliver services to clients

مَنَصَّة

computing: particular type of operating system or environment

pohjalevy

automotive: set of components shared by several vehicle models

From Middle French plateforme (“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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Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”)


platform

[…] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […]

1885, Frances Elliot, The Diary of an Idle Woman in Sicily, page 192:

(transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform

And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.

1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog:

(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.

There he was welcomed onboard Vivarail's new three-car battery-powered train and Porterbrook's HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train, which had been platformed side-by-side to showcase the potential of these low-carbon alternative technologies.

2021 December 1, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Battery and hydrogen trains showcased to PM at COP26”, in RAIL, number 945, page 14:

(rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.

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.

1955, Amy Lowell, Complete Poetical Works, page 408:

(politics, transitive) To include in a political platform

We want to platform the larger, unspoken issue of menstrual health and hygiene of women at work, and how we as a society need to start taking cognizance of it and start adopting measures to help our women workforce navigate it with ease.

2020 May 28, Bhumika Popli, “Menstrual Hygiene Day: Changing mindsets with ‘period leave’”, in The New Indian Express:

If Buckley were still alive today, could a university get away with platforming him in a debate?

2020 July 29, Conor Friedersdorf, “Purity Politics Makes Nothing Happen”, in The Atlantic:

Half of the lawsuits against Pina also named Envy (real name: Raashaun Casey), blaming the DJ for platforming Pina on The Breakfast Club and social media.

2023 December 17, Andrew Lawrence, “It platformed an alleged fraudster. Can hip-hop’s biggest radio show survive the fallout?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

But serious movies are not necessarily good movies. A studio that decides to platform a film had better be sure the film will get the necessary good reviews and audience approval. Otherwise, like United Artists' "A Small Circle of Friends," which was platformed around the same time as "The Elephant Man," the film will fail calamitously.

1981 September 2, Aljean Harmetz, “Comes Fall, a Chance for Serious Movies?”, in The New York Times, page C21:

Each of these films will be "platformed," the industry term to describe the strategy of opening a movie first in a limited number of theaters to give it an aura of exclusivity, then having its appeal build through word of mouth.

1993 November 25, Bernard Weinraub, “For Movie Industry, Thanksgiving Means A Box-Office Feast”, in The New York Times, page C11:

(film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.

I have ſaid what is meet to ſome who do not think it for the eaſe of their inconſequent Opinions, to grant that Church-Diſcipline is platform'd in the Bible, but that it is left to the diſcretion of Men.

1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 202:

(obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

en-verb

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

platforms (present singular third-person)
platforming (participle present)
platformed (participle past)
platformed (past)


platform

(computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)

platformok (plural)
platform (nominative singular)
platformok (nominative plural)
platformot (accusative singular)
platformokat (accusative plural)
platformnak (dative singular)
platformoknak (dative plural)
platformmal (instrumental singular)
platformokkal (instrumental plural)
platformért (causal-final singular)
platformokért (causal-final plural)
platformmá (singular translative)
platformokká (plural translative)
platformig (singular terminative)
platformokig (plural terminative)
platformként (essive-formal singular)
platformokként (essive-formal plural)
platformban (inessive singular)
platformokban (inessive plural)
platformon (singular superessive)
platformokon (plural superessive)
platformnál (adessive singular)
platformoknál (adessive plural)
platformba (illative singular)
platformokba (illative plural)
platformra (singular sublative)
platformokra (plural sublative)
platformhoz (allative singular)
platformokhoz (allative plural)
platformból (elative singular)
platformokból (elative plural)
platformról (delative singular)
platformokról (delative plural)
platformtól (ablative singular)
platformoktól (ablative plural)
platformé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
platformoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
platforméi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
platformokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
platformom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
platformjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
platformod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
platformjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
platformja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
platformjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
platformunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
platformjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
platformotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
platformjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
platformjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
platformjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From German Plattform, from French plateforme.


platform

platform,
a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

a political platform, (electoral) program.

From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”).


platform

head

platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

platformu (accusative definite)
platformlar (plural)
platform (nominative singular)
platformlar (nominative plural)
platformu (accusative definite singular)
platformları (accusative definite plural)
platforma (dative singular)
platformlara (dative plural)
platformda (locative singular)
platformlarda (locative plural)
platformdan (ablative singular)
platformlardan (ablative plural)
platformun (genitive singular)
platformların (genitive plural)
platformum (first-person nominative singular)
platformlarım (first-person nominative singular)
platformun (nominative second-person singular)
platformların (nominative second-person singular)
platformu (nominative singular third-person)
platformları (nominative singular third-person)
platformumuz (first-person nominative plural)
platformlarımız (first-person nominative plural)
platformunuz (nominative plural second-person)
platformlarınız (nominative plural second-person)
platformları (nominative plural third-person)
platformumu (accusative definite first-person singular)
platformlarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
platformunu (accusative definite second-person singular)
platformlarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
platformunu (accusative definite singular third-person)
platformlarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
platformumuzu (accusative definite first-person plural)
platformlarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
platformunuzu (accusative definite plural second-person)
platformlarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
platformlarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
platformuma (dative first-person singular)
platformlarıma (dative first-person singular)
platformuna (dative second-person singular)
platformlarına (dative second-person singular)
platformuna (dative singular third-person)
platformlarına (dative singular third-person)
platformumuza (dative first-person plural)
platformlarımıza (dative first-person plural)
platformunuza (dative plural second-person)
platformlarınıza (dative plural second-person)
platformlarına (dative plural third-person)
platformumda (first-person locative singular)
platformlarımda (first-person locative singular)
platformunda (locative second-person singular)
platformlarında (locative second-person singular)
platformunda (locative singular third-person)
platformlarında (locative singular third-person)
platformumuzda (first-person locative plural)
platformlarımızda (first-person locative plural)
platformunuzda (locative plural second-person)
platformlarınızda (locative plural second-person)
platformlarında (locative plural third-person)
platformumdan (ablative first-person singular)
platformlarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
platformundan (ablative second-person singular)
platformlarından (ablative second-person singular)
platformundan (ablative singular third-person)
platformlarından (ablative singular third-person)
platformumuzdan (ablative first-person plural)
platformlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
platformunuzdan (ablative plural second-person)
platformlarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
platformlarından (ablative plural third-person)
platformumun (first-person genitive singular)
platformlarımın (first-person genitive singular)
platformunun (genitive second-person singular)
platformlarının (genitive second-person singular)
platformunun (genitive singular third-person)
platformlarının (genitive singular third-person)
platformumuzun (first-person genitive plural)
platformlarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
platformunuzun (genitive plural second-person)
platformlarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
platformlarının (genitive plural third-person)