"platform" as noun
1 - A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
2 - A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
3 - A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.
"platform" as verb
1 - To furnish with or shape into a platform
2 - To place on, or as if on, a platform.
3 - To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
