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Synonyms for platforms

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

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Définition of platforms

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 greetings of friends on the platforms at the different stations only made him sigh.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • The other platforms were occasionally dropping them: I had been too hasty, too prodigal.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • The concrete was shoveled from the platforms to place and rammed.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • The tower had two platforms, one at the top carrying two 10-cu.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • In 1876 the topic had been more prominent in the platforms, but not in the canvass.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • Venerable figure-heads, what would our platforms be without you?
  • Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • The sick are taken from the cars and walked up and down the platforms.
  • Extract from : « Sac-Au-Dos » by Joris Karl Huysmans
  • At one end of the grounds there were three long rows of platforms.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys Under Canvas » by Arthur M. Winfield
  • Platforms had been erected and seats sold for fabulous prices.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • The houses were raised on platforms, with steps leading to them some height from the ground.
  • Extract from : « Won from the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston
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