The definition of a platform is a raised stage, or a forum in which an idea can be shared, or a standard for computer hardware that determines what types of software it can run, or is a series of beliefs of a political group.
(noun)See platform in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr plate-forme, lit., flat form: see plate & form
adjective
See platform in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French plate-forme, diagram
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: : plat, flat; see plate
Origin: + forme, form (from Latin fōrma)
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