platform

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Recorded since 1550, from Middle French plate-forme, literally "flat form", from Middle French plate "flat" (from Old French plat, of uncertain origin) + forme "form" (from Latin forma)

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

platform (plural platforms)

1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
2. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
3. A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
4. (automotive) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
5. (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 environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.

   That program runs on an X-Window-System platform.

6. A high shoe type with an extra layer between the inner- and outer soles

[edit] Synonyms

• dais
• podium

[edit] Derived terms

• platformer
• platforming
• platform balance
• platform bed
• platform car
• platform game
• platform rocker
• platform scale

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
   • 1885, Frances Elliot, The Diary of an Idle Woman in Sicily^[1], page 192:

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

2. (politics) (transitive) To include in a political platform
   • 1955, Amy Lowell, Complete Poetical Works^[2], page 408:

     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.

[edit] See also

• Platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platform in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

Probably from English (cfr. supra), or directly from French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

platform n. (plural platformen, diminutive platformpje, diminutive plural platformpjes)

1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
2. A political platform, (electoral) program
3. A plateau
4. A flat roof
5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

[edit] Synonyms

• (physical) podium n., verhoog n.
• (in a station) perron n.
• (political) (kies)programma n.
• (ground-plan) plattegrond

[edit] Derived terms

• kiesplatform n.