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NOUN
1A raised level surface on which people or things can stand:there are viewing platforms where visitors may gape at the chasm
1.1A raised floor or stage used by public speakers or performers so that they can be seen by their audience:[AS MODIFIER]: he was a popular platform speakershe was good enough to earn her living on the concert platform
1.2A raised structure along the side of a railway track where passengers get on and off trains at a station:he walked along Platform 2
1.3British The floor area at the entrance to a bus.
1.4A raised structure standing in the sea from which oil or gas wells can be drilled or regulated:offshore platforms
1.5[USUALLY WITH MODIFIER] A raised structure or orbiting satellite from which rockets or missiles may be launched:the launch platformorbiting weapons platforms
1.6A standard for the hardware of a computer system, which determines what kinds of software it can run.
2[USUALLY IN SINGULAR] The declared policy of a political party or group:seeking election on a platform of low taxes
2.1An opportunity to voice one’s views or initiate action:the forum will provide a platform for discussion of communication issues
3A shoe with very thick soles: 1939 platform solesa pair of chunky platforms[AS MODIFIER]: yellow platform shoes
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