Meaning

• A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

• A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

• A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.

  "This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women."

• A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.

• Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.

• A set of components shared by several vehicle models.

• A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution

• A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.

  "That program runs on the X Window System platform."

• A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.

• A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.

• A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

• (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

• A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

Meaning

• To furnish with or shape into a platform

• To place on, or as if on, a platform.

• To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

• To include in a political platform

• To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

• To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.