cross-platform en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From cross- + platform.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Across platforms.
In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light. She has the cross-platform ease of someone who’s been famous forever because she basically has been.
2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan:
- (not-comparable) Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems.
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(not-comparable) That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform.
At Euston the cross-platform interchange between the Victoria Line and the Northern Line (City branch) will be unusual in that passengers will board trains travelling in the opposite direction to continue their journey. Normally, of course, in cross-platform interchange, trains depart in the same direction.
1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256:
Antonyms
single-platform · monoplatform
Synonyms
Translations (18)
fr multiplateforme (designed to work on various operating systems) · ja クロスプラットフォームの (designed to work on various operating systems) · es multiplataforma (designed to work on various operating systems) · tr çok platformlu (designed to work on various operating systems) · fr multiplate-forme (designed to work on various operating systems) · de plattformübergreifend (designed to work on various operating systems) · cmn 跨平台 (designed to work on various operating systems) · sv plattformsoberoende (designed to work on various operating systems) · ca multiplataforma (designed to work on various operating systems) · it multipiattaforma (designed to work on various operating systems) · fr multi-plateforme (designed to work on various operating systems) · gl multiplataforma (designed to work on various operating systems) · ru кросс-платфо́рменный (designed to work on various operating systems) · fi järjestelmäriippumaton (designed to work on various operating systems) · pt multiplataforma (designed to work on various operating systems) · kk көпплатформалы (designed to work on various operating systems) · ru межплатфо́рменный (designed to work on various operating systems) · fi alustariippumaton (designed to work on various operating systems)