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platform

The correct spelling is platform.

How to pronounce platform

/ˈplætfɔːm/
noun

IPA: /ˈplætfɔːm/

Say it like: Pla-tfo-rm

The correct spelling is platform. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made. For example: "This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women."

Usage Examples

This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.

That program runs on the X Window System platform.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
  2. 2.A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
  3. 3.A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.
  4. 4.A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
  5. 5.Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.

verb

  1. 1.To furnish with or shape into a platform
  2. 2.To place on, or as if on, a platform.
  3. 3.To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
  4. 4.To include in a political platform
  5. 5.To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

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