1. (n.)platform a horizontal surface, or a structure with a horizontal surface, usu. raised above the level of the surrounding area.
2. platform a raised flooring or other horizontal surface for use as a stage.
3. platform the raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered.
4. platform the open entrance area, or vestibule, at the end of a railroad passenger car.
5. platform a public statement of the principles on which a person or group, esp. a political party, takes a stand in appealing to the public.
6. platform a set of principles; plan.
7. platform a place for public discussion; forum.
8. platform a decklike construction on which the drill rig of an offshore oil or gas well is erected.
9. platform a flat, elevated piece of ground.
10. platform a thick insert of leather, cork, or other sturdy material between the uppers and the sole of a shoe.
11. platform a shoe with this feature.
12. platform any standard that forms a basic environment under which compatible computer systems and application programs can be developed and run, as a specific computer processor or network connection
Etymology: (1540–50; earlier platte forme < MF: lit., flat form, plane figure. See plate , form)
Definition of 'Platform'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)platform a raised horizontal surface "the speaker mounted the platform"
2. (noun)platform, political platform, political program, program a document stating the aims and principles of a political party "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
3. (noun)platform the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
4. (noun)platform, weapons platform any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
5. (noun)chopine, platform a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
1. (noun)platform a flatsurface used to raise sth above the surrounding area an oil drilling platform; the speakers stood on a platform
2. platform the area next to a train track that passengers wait on passengers stepping onto the platform
Definition of 'Platform'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Platform a plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively
2. (noun)Platform a place laid out after a model
3. (noun)Platform 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
4. (noun)Platform 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
5. (noun)Platform a light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop
6. (verb)Platform to place on a platform
7. (verb)Platform to form a plan of; to model; to lay out
Definitions of Platform 
Afrikaans: platform
Arabic: مِنَصَّه
Bulgarian: платформа
Brazilian: palco
Czech: pódium
German: das Podium
Danish: scene; tribune
Greek: εξέδρα
Spanish: plataforma; escenario
Estonian: tribüün
Farsi: سکو
Finnish: lava
French: estrade, tribune
Hebrew: בָּמָה
Hindi: प्लेटफार्म, चबूतरा, मंच
Croatian: podij
Hungarian: emelvény, dobogó, pódium
Indonesian: panggung
Icelandic: ræðu-/sviðspallur, svið
Italian: palco
Japanese: 演壇
Korean: 연단, 강단
Lithuanian: pakyla
Latvian: paaugstinājums
Malay: pentas
Dutch: podium
Norwegian: plattform; talerstol
Polish: podwyższenie
Persian: پلاتفورم
Pashto: پلاتفورم
Portuguese: palco
Romanian: estradă, podium
Russian: сцена, трибуна
Slovak: pódium
Slovenian: oder
Serbian: platforma
Swedish: estrad, podium, tribun
Thai: แท่น
Turkish: sahne, plâtform
Taiwanese: 講台，戲台
Ukrainian: сцена; трибуна
Urdu: چبوترہ، مچان
Vietnamese: bục
Chinese: 讲台，戏台
