platform
[noun]
Synonyms:
- stage, dais, podium, rostrum, stand
- policy, manifesto, objective(s), party line, principle, programme

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English Thesaurus: station, terminus, track, platform, ticket office, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

plat‧form S3 W3 /ˈplætfɔːm $ -fɔːrm/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: plateforme 'diagram, map', from plat 'flat' + forme 'form']

1. TRAIN especially British English the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station:
The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six.

2. FOR SPEECHES a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc:
a small raised platform at one end of the room

3. POLITICS
a) [usually singular] the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election ⇒ plank:
a strong women’s rights platform
the Labour party platform
b) a chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions
platform for
The conference provides a platform for people on the left wing of the party.

4. STRUCTURE a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area:
an oil exploration platform

5. COMPUTERS the type of computer system or software that someone uses:
the UNIX platform
a multimedia platform

6. EXPRESS IDEAS an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people
platform for
We mustn’t give these groups a platform for their propaganda.

7. BUS British English the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off

8. SHOES platforms (also platform shoes) [plural] shoes that have a thick layer of wood, leather etc under the front part and the heel

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

platform
noun
I. raised floor
ADJ. high, raised | wooden
VERB + PLATFORM mount, stand on The king mounted the platform to loud cheers.
appear on, speak from | share Union leaders shared the platform with business leaders in a debate on the future of the industry.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

platform
II. at a railway station
ADJ. railway, station
PREP. along a/the ~ He ran along the platform to catch the train.
at ~ The train at platform 3 is the 13.15 service to Liverpool.
from ~ The next train to depart from platform 2 is the 10.30 for London Paddington.
on ~ the waiting room on platform 7

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

platform
III. in politics
ADJ. political | election, electoral
PREP. in a/the ~ the promises in their election platform
on a/the ~ of They fought the election on a platform of economic reform.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

station a place where trains or buses regularly stop:
The town has its own railway station.
Paddington Station in west London
the bus station
terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line:
We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.
the railway terminus in central Calcutta
track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
ticket office (also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold:
You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
departures board British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave:
The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.

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