platform

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♦ plat|form /pl'ætfɔːrm/ (platforms)
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A platform is a flat, raised structure, usually made of wood, which people stand on when they make speeches or give a performance.
Nick finished what he was saying and jumped down from the platform.
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A platform is a flat raised structure or area, usually one which something can stand on or land on.
They found a spot on a rocky platform where they could pitch their tents.
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A platform is a structure built for people to work and live on when drilling for oil or gas at sea, or when extracting it.
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A platform in a railway station is the area beside the rails where you wait for or get off a train.
The train was about to leave and I was not even on the platform.
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The platform of a political party is what they say they will do if they are elected.
...a platform of political and economic reforms...
= programme
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If someone has a platform, they have an opportunity to tell people what they think or want.
The demonstration provided a platform for a broad cross section of speakers.oil plat|form (oil platforms)
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An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.

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