platform

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈplætfɔɹm/ UK /ˈplætfɔːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #5293

Meanings

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

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

The speaker stepped onto the platform.
3

noun
A chance or place to express your views to others.

This new talk show gives a platform to ordinary people.
4

noun
The stated aims and principles of a political party.

Their candidate simply ignored the party platform.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a raised flat surface,... stage dais podium

3 noun · a chance or place to... tribune

4 noun · the stated aims and... program

Word family

Forms platforms

Derived forms cross-platformdeplatformflatforminterplatformintraplatformmonoplatformmulti-platformmultiplatformnanoplatformno-platformnon-platformperiplatform

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political platform
a party's stated principles and proposed policies

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

plateforme Middle French plat Old French πλατύς Ancient Greek forma Old English

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Places & Geography

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# platform

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈplætfɔɹm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈplætfɔːm/
**Frequency rank:** 5293

## Meanings
1. The area beside the tracks at a station where you get on and off a train.
2. A raised flat surface, especially one people stand on to speak or perform.
3. A chance or place to express your views to others.
4. The stated aims and principles of a political party.

## Examples
- The train to London leaves from platform four.
- The speaker stepped onto the platform.
- This new talk show gives a platform to ordinary people.
- Their candidate simply ignored the party platform.

## Derived Forms
- cross-platform
- deplatform
- flatform
- interplatform
- intraplatform
- monoplatform
- multi-platform
- multiplatform
- nanoplatform
- no-platform
- non-platform
- periplatform

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plateforme
- Root: plat
- Root: πλατύς
- Root: forma

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Platform comes 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. In present-day English it covers the area beside the tracks at a station where you get on and off a train, a raised flat surface, especially one people stand on to speak or perform, and a chance or place to express your views to others. The wider family includes derived forms such as cross-platform, deplatform, flatform, interplatform, intraplatform.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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