platform Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a raised horizontal surface
- the speaker mounted the platform
noun a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
program; political platform; political program.
- their candidate simply ignored the party platform
- they won the election even though they offered no positive program
noun the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
noun any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
weapons platform.
noun a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
chopine.

Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. Obs. Bacon.
A place laid out after a model. Obs.
lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope.
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. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.
(Naut.) 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. R.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. Obs.
Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.