platform

«platform» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a platform, platforms)

meaning for a pupil

1) A platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains. tree →

2) A platform is any raised flat surface where people stand, like a stage for speakers. tree →

3) In computers, a platform is a system that programs or games run on, or a website where people share things. tree →

4) Platform shoes have very thick soles. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The "platform" is a raised stand for a speaker or a king. Ezra and Nehemiah have Levites stand on one to lead the people in prayer, and Athaliah's story shows the king standing on one by the pillar. Interpretation: Tradition sees the Levites' platform as a place where teaching and public prayer began, and the king's stand as a sign of royal place in the Temple court. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: «The train leaves from platform 4.» In video games, a platform is a ledge you jump between (platform games). In safety: stand behind the yellow line on a platform and mind the gap. In stories: Harry Potter's Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Phrases: on the platform, platform number, oil platform, diving platform.

examples

• Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. (Writings NEH.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Our train leaves from platform 2. tree →
• Stand behind the yellow line on the platform. tree →
• The singer stood on a platform so everyone could see her. tree →
• We waited on the cold platform for twenty minutes. tree →
• The diver jumped from the high platform. tree →
• The game runs on every platform. tree →
• An oil platform stands in the sea. tree →
• Mind the gap between the train and the platform. tree →
• Then the monkey and the hare both hopped out, quickly and nimbly, to the wrestling platform. tree →

note

Countable: one platform, two platforms. Stress on the first part: PLAT-form. In the UK and Australia «platform» is used for trains; Americans also say «track» (Track 5).

In the corpora

• Crying on the platform, he wonders about hiding under a seat, when a kind engine-driver says «Hullo, mother!
• On a train platform you stand behind the yellow or white safety line.
• You step carefully over the gap between the train and the platform, because a foot can slip into it.
• You do not touch an unattended bag on a platform; you tell staff, who will check it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «platform» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.