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platform
English
Etymology
From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?plætf??m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?plætf??m/
- Hyphenation: plat?form
Noun
platform (plural platforms)
- A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- Synonym: (not for artistic performances) podium
- 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; a tribune.
- Synonym: (only regarding the physical structure) podium
- A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
- (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
- (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
- (computing) A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution
- (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.
- (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
- (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
- (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Synonyms
- dais
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)
- (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
- (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog
- And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog
- (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
- (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
- (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
- Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform
- (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
See also
- Platform in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
- platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- platform (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French plateforme.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: plat?form
Noun
platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)
- A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
- A political platform, (electoral) program
- A plateau
- A flat roof
- (obsolete) A ground-plan
Synonyms
- (physical) podium n, verhoog n
- (in a station) perron n
- (political) (kies)programma n
- (ground-plan) plattegrond
Derived terms
- kiesplatform n
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: platform
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Plattform, from French plateforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pl?tform]
- Hyphenation: plat?form
- Rhymes: -orm
Noun
platform (plural platformok)
- (politics) platform (electoral program)
- (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
- platform (a flat surface)
Declension
Derived terms
- platformfüggetlen
References
Further reading
- platform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?platf?rm]
- Hyphenation: plat?form
Noun
platform
- platform,
- a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- Synonyms: program, rencana
- a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- Synonyms: panggung, pentas, mimbar
- a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
- Synonym: peron
- a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- a political platform, (electoral) program.
Further reading
- “platform” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French plateforme.
Noun
platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)
- platform
- (transport, travel) platform
Declension
Synonyms
- (travel): peron
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portation
English
Etymology 1
Noun
portation (uncountable)
- (chiefly in combination) The act of carrying or transporting something; transportation.
Etymology 2
port +? -ation
Noun
portation (uncountable)
- (computing) The act of porting software between hardware or operating system platforms.
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