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plat·form 
/ˈplætfɔrm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[plat-fawrm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun | 1. | a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area. |
| 2. | a raised flooring or other horizontal surface, such as, in a hall or meeting place, a stage for use by public speakers, performers, etc. |
| 3. | the raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered. |
| 4. | the open entrance area, or the vestibule, at the end of a railroad passenger car. |
| 5. | a landing in a flight of stairs. |
| 6. | a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party, esp. as put forth by the representatives of the party in a convention to nominate candidates for an election: The platform contained the usual platitudes. |
| 7. | a body of principles on which a person or group takes a stand in appealing to the public; program: The Fabians developed an all-embracing platform promising utopia. |
| 8. | a set of principles; plan. |
| 9. | a place for public discussion; forum. |
| 10. | a decklike construction on which the drill rig of an offshore oil or gas well is erected. |
| 11. | Building Trades. a relatively flat member or construction for distributing weight, as a wall plate, grillage, etc. |
| 12. | Military. | a. | solid ground on which artillery pieces are mounted. |
| b. | a metal stand or base attached to certain types of artillery pieces. |
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| 13. | Nautical. flat1 (def. 42a). |
| 14. | a flat, elevated piece of ground. |
| 15. | Geology. a vast area of undisturbed sedimentary rocks that, together with a shield, constitutes a craton. |
| 16. | a thick insert of leather, cork, or other sturdy material between the uppers and the sole of a shoe, usually intended for stylish effect or to give added height. |
| 17. | platforms, platform shoes. |
| 19. | a scheme of religious principles or doctrines. |
[Origin:
1540–50; earlier
platte forme < MF: lit., flat form, plane figure.
See plate1, form]
plat·form·less, adjective
—Synonyms 2. stage, dais, rostrum, pulpit.
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| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun 1 |
| Definition: | furniture |
| Synonyms: | belvedere, dais, floor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, skidway, staging, table, terrace |
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| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun 2 |
| Definition: | policy |
| Synonyms: | manifesto, objectives, party line, plank, policy, principle, program, promise, soapbox, stump, tenets |
| Source: | Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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A variation of paddle tennis, a cross between lawn tennis and squash, and played with a sponge ball. Side and rear screens can be used to bring the ball into court. Invented in c.1920, it is a popular outdoor winter sport in the USA, where the US Platform Tennis Association was formed in 1934.
See also
paddle tennis
squash rackets
tennis
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Cambridge Platform, declaration of principles of church government and discipline, forming in fact a constitution of the Congregational churches. It was adopted (1648) by a church synod at Cambridge, Mass., and remains the basis of the temporal government of the churches. It had little to do with matters of doctrine and belief. The Congregationalists of Connecticut later subscribed (1708), in the Saybrook Platform, to a more centralized church government, resembling Presbyterianism. See also
Congregationalism.
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