platform
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
“This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.”
Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
Verb 4 meanings
To furnish with or shape into a platform
To place on, or as if on, a platform.
To place a train alongside a station platform.
To include in a political platform
Etymology
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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PLATFORM at a glance
PLATFORM has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + T 1 + F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + M 3) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,116 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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