platform
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 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
- 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.