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platform en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(UK) audio
/ˈplɑtfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈplætfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈplætfɔɹm/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

Meanings

A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty. 1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds, His Life and Achievements:
- “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
(figuratively) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
- This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.
- [LeBron] James did not say which vaccine he had taken or the number of doses he had received. He also said that he would not use his platform to publicly encourage others to be vaccinated. 2021 September 28, Scott Cacciola, “LeBron James said he was vaccinated, after previously evading the question.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
(figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
- Hidgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday. 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
(figuratively) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- The Communist Party and its candidates stand on the following platform, which expresses the immediate interests of the majority of the population of our country. 1936, Communist Election Platform 1936, New York City: Workers Library Publishers, page 6:
- Now if the earth could be enjoyed in such a manner as every one might have provision, as it may by this platform I have offered, then will the peace of the commonwealth be preserved, and men need not act so hypocritically as the clergy do, and others likewise, to get a living. 1652, Gerrard Winstanley, chapter 1, in The Law of Freedom in a Platform:
- Surely there is nothing strange or new or threatening about such a platform. It will distress only those who have the essentially un-American view that change itself is frightening and should be avoided at all costs. 1972, Mike Gravel, Citizen Power: A People's Platform, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page xii:
A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.
- People on the platforms / Waiting for the trains / I can hear their hearts a-beatin’ / Like pendulums swinging on chains 1997, Bob Dylan, “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”, in Time Out of Mind:
- A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. […] Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside? 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
A specific stopping place on one of multiple tracks at a station, numbered or otherwise named.
- “Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine — platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don’t seem to have built it yet, do they?” 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural, qualifier:footwear) Ellipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).
alt of platform shoe
- Walk to Shazzer's from polling station was hideous walk of shame. Also cannot wear platforms now as feet too crippled so will look short. 2001 [1999], Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 167:
- Now open the album cover! How fabulous! The four of them [the Pointer Sisters] in platforms of death, tacky gowns, and "reflections of." 1973 August 25, Jim Fournier, “Lo♡in' Mu𝄚ic”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 10, page 2:
(Internet) A software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, or cloud computing.
- The promise of the platform business model is its magical self-reinforcement: Once the platform is in place, money is supposed to flow through the system without much extra effort at all. 2021 September 15, Reeves Wiedeman, “Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- In fact, wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect. 2014, Astra Taylor, “Preface”, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
A particular operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software; a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used for running other software.
- “We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named. 1996 September 23, “Intel attacks Mac publishing niche”, in Computerworld, volume 30, number 39, →ISSN, page 56:
- That program runs on the X Window System platform.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of car platform (“a set of components shared by several vehicle models”).
alt of car platform
- A car platform consists of the underbody, suspension, and axles, plus components such as the steering mechanism, engine, and powertrain. Using such a platform, a car company can design several distinct car models to suit different customer groups[…] 2017, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 131:
A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- Wave erosion causes a sea cliff to migrate landward, leaving a gently sloping surface, called a wave-cut platform. A wave-built platform originates by deposition at the seaward margin of the wave-cut platform. 2019, Reed Wicander, James S. Monroe, Geology: Earth in Perspective, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 319:
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- His destruction intended by queene Quendred, hir platforme of the practise to kill him. 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
(Myanmar) A sidewalk.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
platforms	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Synonyms

dais · tribune · stage · podium · foundation · track

Translations (255)

cy platfform (stage for speeches and performances) · sh пла̀тфо̄рма (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · cy llwyfan (stage for speeches and performances) · ru платфо́рма (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ru эстра́да (stage for speeches and performances) · bg платфо́рма (something that allows an enterprise to advance: foundation or stage) · hu emelvény (stage for speeches and performances) · lv perons (travel: raised structure for passengers) · de Plattform (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · de Plattform (stage for speeches and performances) · cy platfform (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl platform (stage for speeches and performances) · gur bĩmbĩnne (stage for speeches and performances) · eo kajo (travel: raised structure for passengers) · id peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sv plattform (stage for speeches and performances) · cmn 平臺 /平台 (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · fi esiintymislava (stage for speeches and performances) · vi nền tảng (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · cmn 講壇 /讲坛 (stage for speeches and performances) · ru трибу́на (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · uk платфо́рма (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · id anjungan (raised floor for any purpose) · ko 플랫폼 (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · da perron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ko 홈 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fa-ira مَواضِعنامِه (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ko 플랫폼 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ja 歩廊 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · th ชานชาลา (travel: raised structure for passengers) · es andén (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sh пла̀тфо̄рма (travel: raised structure for passengers) · de Perron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi puhujakoroke (stage for speeches and performances) · da platform (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fr scène (stage for speeches and performances) · id panggung (stage for speeches and performances) · hak 月臺 /月台 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fa-ira سَکو (stage for speeches and performances) · tr platform (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · ca programa (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · pl platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · bg перо́н (travel: raised structure for passengers) · txb orponk (stage for speeches and performances) · fi pohjalevy (automotive: set of components shared by several vehicle models) · az perron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl verhoog (stage for speeches and performances) · ar مِنَصَّة (stage for speeches and performances) · bg висо́ка подме́тка (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · la exstructum (stage for speeches and performances) · ru платфо́рма (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · sl podij (stage for speeches and performances) · pt plataforma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · za bingzdaiz (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · fa-ira پِلاتْفُرْم (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · cy banllawr (travel: raised structure for passengers) · it binario (travel: numbered stopping place for trains) · fi lava (stage for speeches and performances) · ro peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · de Bahnsteig (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ro chei (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fa-ira بِسْتَر (stage for speeches and performances) · pt plataforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · mi tūāpapa (geology: flat expanse of rock) · fa-ira بَسْتَر (stage for speeches and performances) · ur چَبُوتْرا (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fr quai (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hy հարթակ (stage for speeches and performances) · ka ბაქანი (travel: raised structure for passengers) · id anjungan (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · ka ფიცარნაგი (stage for speeches and performances) · hy կառամատույց (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ka პოლიტიკური პლატფორმა (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ja 政党の綱領 (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ja ホーム (travel: raised structure for passengers) · de Plattform (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · hu pártprogram (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · be перо́н (travel: raised structure for passengers) · it banchina (travel: raised structure for passengers) · my စင် (stage for speeches and performances) · hy հարթակ (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · ur پِلَیٹ فورْم (travel: raised structure for passengers) · tr platform (stage for speeches and performances) · nan-hbl 月臺 /月台 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ja 乗り場 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · de Podest (stage for speeches and performances) · id platform (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · cmn 政綱 /政纲 (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · el πλατφόρμα (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · hy պլատֆորմ (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ba платформа (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · ka ტრიბუნა (stage for speeches and performances) · tk platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · bg естра́да (stage for speeches and performances) · ca plataforma (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · mk перон (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hu peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · oc plataforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · sh пла̀тфо̄рма (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · cs nástupiště (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ky платформа (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi platformi (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · tr podyum (stage for speeches and performances) · hi चबूतरा (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ar رَصِيف (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hi मंच (stage for speeches and performances) · tr peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sk nástupište (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ka პლატფორმა (travel: raised structure for passengers) · cmn 月臺 /月台 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ru по́диум (stage for speeches and performances) · ar مِنَصَّة (travel: raised structure for passengers) · pt plataforma (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · gd àrd-ùrlar (stage for speeches and performances) · ja プラットフォーム (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · nl spoor (travel: numbered stopping place for trains) · cmn 講臺 /讲台 (stage for speeches and performances) · sv podium (stage for speeches and performances) · et perroon (travel: raised structure for passengers) · cmn 站臺 /站台 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl platformschoen (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · cs perón (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ja 演壇 (stage for speeches and performances) · sv plattform (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · el αποβάθρα (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ka პლატფორმა (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · fr podium (stage for speeches and performances) · bg по́диум (stage for speeches and performances) · sh plàtfōrma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ca andana (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ckb پلاتفۆرم (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · sv plattform (travel: raised structure for passengers) · uk платфо́рма (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hu dobogó (stage for speeches and performances) · de Gleis (travel: numbered stopping place for trains) · nn perrong (travel: raised structure for passengers) · kk тұғырнама (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · pt plataforma (stage for speeches and performances) · hi चबूतरा (raised floor for any purpose) · tr platform (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · fr voie (travel: numbered stopping place for trains) · ka პოდიუმი (stage for speeches and performances) · cs platforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · yue 平臺 /平台 (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · it piattaforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · ru помо́ст (stage for speeches and performances) · pt salto plataforma (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · sk perón (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl podium (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ko 플랫트홈 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · he מַצָּע (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · es programa (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · izh perrona (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi ohjelma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · de Parteiprogramm (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · az platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sq platformë (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ht platfòm (stage for speeches and performances) · ru платфо́рма (stage for speeches and performances) · uk перо́н (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ko 플랫홈 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · mr फलाट (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sv scen (stage for speeches and performances) · kk платформа (travel: raised structure for passengers) · it piattaforma (stage for speeches and performances) · lt platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ru платфо́рма (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · vi sân ga (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi laituri (travel: raised structure for passengers) · eo substrato (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · fr plateforme (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · sl peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · mi huāpapa (geology: flat expanse of rock) · lt peronas (travel: raised structure for passengers) · kk платформа (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · he רְצִיף (travel: raised structure for passengers) · tr platform (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · gd àrd-ùrlar (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ar مِنَصَّة (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · es plataforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · id pelataran (stage for speeches and performances) · fi sovellusalusta (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · gl plataforma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · fi lähtökohta (something that allows an enterprise to advance: foundation or stage) · ko 타는 곳 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ca plataforma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · mk платформа (travel: raised structure for passengers) · tg платформа (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ro podium (stage for speeches and performances) · es plataforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sh plàtfōrma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · de Grundsatzprogramm (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · tr apartman topuk (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · el εξέδρα (stage for speeches and performances) · la suggestus (stage for speeches and performances) · nb perrong (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hy հարթակ (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · he בָּמָה (stage for speeches and performances) · ca plataforma (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · id platform (stage for speeches and performances) · hu politikai program (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · be платфо́рма (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ko 승강장 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ka პლატფორმა (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · et platvorm (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ru перро́н (travel: raised structure for passengers) · uz platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · bg платфо́рма (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ca tarima (stage for speeches and performances) · ko 연단 (stage for speeches and performances) · fi asemalaituri (travel: raised structure for passengers) · sv perrong (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ms platform (travel: raised structure for passengers) · bg трибу́на (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · oc plataforma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ro estradă (stage for speeches and performances) · bg платфо́рма (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · lv platforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ro scenă (stage for speeches and performances) · sv estrad (stage for speeches and performances) · ka პლატფორმა (stage for speeches and performances) · sv plattform (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · fa-ira سَکو (travel: raised structure for passengers) · ja プラットホーム (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl kiesprogramma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · fr quai (travel: numbered stopping place for trains) · fi alusta (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · nl platform (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · ru платфо́рма (high shoe type — see also platform shoe) · id landasan (raised floor for any purpose) · pl peron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi puheenvuoro (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · az meydança (figurative: place or opportunity to express one's opinion) · sh plàtfōrma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · fi malli (plan, sketch, model, pattern) · ky платформа (computing: a specific operating system or environment; a specific type of computer or microprocessor) · pt plataforma (geology: flat expanse of rock) · id pentas (stage for speeches and performances) · ru платфо́рма (something that allows an enterprise to advance: foundation or stage) · ms platform (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · grc βῆμα (stage for speeches and performances) · hi प्लेटफ़ॉर्म (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hy պլատֆորմ (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · ru платфо́рма (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl perron (travel: raised structure for passengers) · yue 月臺 /月台 (travel: raised structure for passengers) · hu pódium (stage for speeches and performances) · de Programm (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · nl podium (stage for speeches and performances) · fi periaateohjelma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · km វេទិកា (stage for speeches and performances) · fr programme (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · pt plataforma (travel: raised structure for passengers) · nl programma (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) · be платфо́рма (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues)

wikidata: Q3093009 · wikidata: Q582151 · wikidata: Q241317

platform en · VERB

Pronunciation

(UK) audio
/ˈplɑtfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈplætfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈplætfɔɹm/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

Meanings

(transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
- […] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […] 1885, Frances Elliot, The Diary of an Idle Woman in Sicily, page 192:
(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
- And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open. 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog:
To place a train alongside a station platform.
- There he was welcomed onboard Vivarail's new three-car battery-powered train and Porterbrook's HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train, which had been platformed side-by-side to showcase the potential of these low-carbon alternative technologies. 2021 December 1, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Battery and hydrogen trains showcased to PM at COP26”, in RAIL, number 945, page 14:
(transitive) To include in a political platform
- Among them I scarcely can plot out one truth / Plain enough to be platformed by some voting sleuth / And paraded before the precinct polling-booth. 1955, Amy Lowell, Complete Poetical Works, page 408:
(transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
- “The ‘how dare you platform someone you disagree with’ era is over. Fuck that.” 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, quoting Tommy Vietor, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
- We want to platform the larger, unspoken issue of menstrual health and hygiene of women at work, and how we as a society need to start taking cognizance of it and start adopting measures to help our women workforce navigate it with ease. 2020 May 28, Bhumika Popli, “Menstrual Hygiene Day: Changing mindsets with ‘period leave’”, in The New Indian Express:
- If Buckley were still alive today, could a university get away with platforming him in a debate? 2020 July 29, Conor Friedersdorf, “Purity Politics Makes Nothing Happen”, in The Atlantic:
- Half of the lawsuits against Pina also named Envy (real name: Raashaun Casey), blaming the DJ for platforming Pina on The Breakfast Club and social media. 2023 December 17, Andrew Lawrence, “It platformed an alleged fraudster. Can hip-hop’s biggest radio show survive the fallout?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
(transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
- Each of these films will be "platformed," the industry term to describe the strategy of opening a movie first in a limited number of theaters to give it an aura of exclusivity, then having its appeal build through word of mouth. 1993 November 25, Bernard Weinraub, “For Movie Industry, Thanksgiving Means A Box-Office Feast”, in The New York Times, page C11:
- But serious movies are not necessarily good movies. A studio that decides to platform a film had better be sure the film will get the necessary good reviews and audience approval. Otherwise, like United Artists' "A Small Circle of Friends," which was platformed around the same time as "The Elephant Man," the film will fail calamitously. 1981 September 2, Aljean Harmetz, “Comes Fall, a Chance for Serious Movies?”, in The New York Times, page C21:
(obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
- I have ſaid what is meet to ſome who do not think it for the eaſe of their inconſequent Opinions, to grant that Church-Diſcipline is platform'd in the Bible, but that it is left to the diſcretion of Men. 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 202:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
platformed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
platformed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
platforming	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
platforms	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Antonyms

no-platform · deplatform