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Definition of Platform
Platform

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

A place laid out after a model.

Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.

A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.

A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.

To place on a platform.

To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

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Platform Quotations

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.
Dan Quayle

Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.
Chaka Khan

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.
Jimmy Carter

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.
Little Richard

I'm surprised at the extent of the bigotry. But it really plays out when companies or schools take a side and prohibit the other platform at all. We Mac users should be good even when the other side is bad. We should do what we can to accept the other platforms.
Steve Wozniak

Platform Translations

platform in Afrikaans is perron, leiding
platform in Danish is perron, kaj
platform in Dutch is tribune, leiding, podium
platform in Finnish is ulkoportaat, laituri
platform in French is tenue, estrade, quai
platform in German is Bahnsteig {m}, Bahnsteig, Podium
platform in Italian is banchina della stazione
platform in Latin is pulpitum
platform in Norwegian is perrong, kai
platform in Portuguese is plataforma


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