platforms
USPLAT-formz/ˈplætfɔɹmz/UKPLAT-fawmz/ˈplætfɔːmz/
- 1Plural of platform. Use this when you mean more than one platform.
The station has six platforms for arriving and departing trains.
Many small businesses sell through several online platforms at once.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of platform. Use it with he, she, or it.
Her podcast platforms new writers who rarely get attention.
The festival platforms local bands every summer.
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- 3Short for platform shoes: shoes with very thick soles. Use this when you mean more than one pair or shoe.
She wore tall platforms to the disco-themed party.
Those sparkly platforms made her much taller.
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- 4Short for platform boots: tall boots with very thick soles. Use this when you mean more than one pair.
He laced up his leather platforms before the rock concert.
Those knee-high platforms made the costume stand out.
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Showing meanings only.
platforms is a form of platform
platform, noun: A computer system on the internet that gives people services like shopping, chatting, or storing files. Full entry
- Forms
- platformplatforms plural
- Spelling
- platform → platforms: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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