platform
pronunciation
How to pronounce platform in British English:
UK [ˈplætfɔːm]
How to pronounce platform in American English:
US [ˈplætfɔːrm]
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- Noun:
- a raised horizontal surface
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
- any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
- a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
Word Origin
- platform (n.)
- 1540s, "plan of action, scheme, design," from Middle French plateforme, platte fourme, literally "flat form," from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)) + forme "form" (see form (n.)). The literal sense of "raised, level surface" in English is first recorded 1550s. Political meaning, "statement of party policies," is from 1803, probably originally an image of a literal platform on which politicians gather, stand, and make their appeals, perhaps influenced by earlier sense of "set of rules governing church doctrine" (first attested 1570s). Railroad station sense is from 1838.
Example
- 1. Google is looking to extend its platform to everywhere .
- 2. That platform for safe feedback can take several forms .
- 3. So it 's also a platform .
- 4. Let the next platform war begin .
- 5. Become a platform for content discovery .