platform
90
1.6
- noun
- /ˈplætˌfɔrm/
:
tarima
- The Incas needed a visible symbol of their presence, and the platform embodied just that.
- stand on a platform
- a raised platform
- a wooden platform
So I think it's the perfect platform for a mobile workshop.
- So I think it's the perfect platform for a mobile workshop.
- It's it's between being on the platform or or not or the podium.
- I'm going to go decorate and surround this platform here with these trees.
- And when I think of a physical platform, a platform is raised up above the rest.
- And it's an extraordinary platform on which you rest and within each one of them.
- We got to get them off the platform to the people who work out regular.
Examples
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The five of us were jammed onto a platform only ten feet on a side.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sample cup was placed on the soil-testing platform, and a 60-second source reading was taken.
Academic text (2008) -
And when I think of a physical platform, a platform is raised up above the rest.
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We bought this nice little platform, put them on display right here.
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So I think it's the perfect platform for a mobile workshop.
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I'll have someone meet you on the landing platform and bring you down here.
Fiction book (1991) -
Anyway, without further ado, I would like to welcome to the platform Richard Dawkins.
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The sample cup was placed in the soil-testing platform, and a 60-second source reading was taken.
Academic text (2008) -
The actors stood on a platform that allowed everyone in the audience to see their performance clearly.
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At the train station, we waited on the platform for our train to arrive.
Synonyms
808
1.3
A flat wooden platform outside a house for sitting or walking
375
1.0
A flat raised surface where performers or microscope slides sit
118
3.8
A small raised platform someone stands on to speak or receive an award
33
7.5
A raised place where someone stands to give a public speech
15
4.0
A raised platform in a park where a band plays music
7
4.0
A temporary platform that workers stand on to reach high places
2
5.1
A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil
1
2.7
A raised platform outside for performances and speeches
1
3.4
A raised place where people stand to look at scenery or events
Compounds
- Specialized
2
5.1
A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil
A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word platform comes from the parts plat 'flat' and form 'shape', so it literally means a flat base. A platform is a raised flat surface for people to stand, perform, or work on, which follows that original idea.