American English pronunciation
How to pronounce platform
IPA transcription: [p'læt,fɔɹm]
Pronunciation variants: [p'læt,fɔɹm][p'læt,fɚm]
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Noun
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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”
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a raised horizontal surface
“the speaker mounted the platform”
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the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
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any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
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a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
Usage examples
- As with Google Search, Froogle was instead monetized using Google's AdWords keyword advertising platform.
- Most Unix platforms including Linux support Pthreads.
- Part of the train ended up wedged between the station platforms and building structures.
- Nowadays it has two platforms and is served only by stopping services.
- Railway station consists of four well developed platforms.
- Entrance vestibules are located on the upper level, above the platform.
- The station has no platform building and is not staffed.
- Valeant was described as a platform company that grows by systematically acquiring other companies.
- This platform was strongly pushed by Aubrey William's leadership in the agency.
- A central platform serves trains running in both directions.