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Synonyms for platform

Grammar : Noun
Spell : plat-fawrm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈplæt fɔrm

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Définition of platform

Origin :
  • 1540s, "plan of action, scheme, design," from Middle French plateforme, platte fourme, literally "flat form," from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)) + forme "form" (see form (n.)). The literal sense of "raised, level surface" in English is first recorded 1550s. Political meaning, "statement of party policies," is from 1803, probably originally an image of a literal platform on which politicians gather, stand, and make their appeals, perhaps influenced by earlier sense of "set of rules governing church doctrine" (first attested 1570s). Railroad station sense is from 1838.
  • noun stand or stage
  • noun political stance, promises
Example sentences :
  • The station-master was standing on the platform, superintending the removal of a trunk.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Upon this as a platform of purpose and of action we can stand together.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • When she met him on the platform she had a little shock at seeing him changed.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • I want us all on a platform where we shall start in equal ignorance and get on together.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • And she seemed about to crush it on the top of the stone balustrade at the edge of the platform.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The local preacher knelt on the platform, and offered up a prayer.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • At night, our couch will be on a platform surmounted by a canopy like a throne.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The train had gone on, and they were left alone on the platform.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Jim arose from his seat and began pacing the platform again.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • On the platform he gave it to carry to the fair young fellow who followed him.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
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