platform

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The area beside the tracks at a station where you get on and off a train.

   The train to London leaves from platform four.

2. 2
   noun

   A raised flat surface, especially one people stand on to speak or perform.

   The speaker stepped onto the platform.

3. 3
   noun

   A chance or place to express your views to others.

   This new talk show gives a platform to ordinary people.

4. 4
   noun

   The stated aims and principles of a political party.

   Their candidate simply ignored the party platform.

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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