different between ground vs platform

ground

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?nd/
  • Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (brittle earth).

Alternative forms

  • GND (contraction used in electronics)

Noun

ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)

  1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. [] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  2. (uncountable) Terrain.
  3. Soil, earth.
  4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
  5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
  6. (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
  7. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
  8. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
  9. (figuratively, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
  10. The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
    crimson flowers on a white ground
  11. (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
  12. (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
    Brussels ground
  13. (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
  14. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
    Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
  15. (countable) A soccer stadium.
  16. (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
  17. (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
  18. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
  19. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
    • 1592, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard III, act III, scene vii, in: The Works of Shake?pear V (1726), page 149:
      Buck[ingham]   The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ?ome fear, // Be not you ?poke with, but by mighty ?uit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ?tand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy de?cant: // And be not ea?ily won to our reque?ts: // Play the maid’s part, ?till an?wer nay, and take it.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Moore (Encyc.) to this entry?)
  20. The pit of a theatre.
    • 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
      the understanding gentlemen o' the ground here ask'd my judgment
Synonyms
  • (electricity) earth (British)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
  • Pages starting with “ground”.
Translations
See also
  • floor
  • terra firma

Verb

ground (third-person singular simple present grounds, present participle grounding, simple past and past participle grounded)

  1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
    Synonym: earth
  2. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
    Synonym: gate
    If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
    Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
    My kids are currently grounded from television.
  3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
    Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
  4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
    Jim was grounded in maths.
  5. (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
  6. To place something on the ground.
  7. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
    The ship grounded on the bar.
  8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
    • being rooted and grounded in love
    • So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
  9. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
  10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
    I ground myself with meditation.
Translations

Etymology 2

Inflected form of grind. See also milled.

Verb

ground

  1. simple past tense and past participle of grind

Adjective

ground (not comparable)

  1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
    Synonym: milled
  2. Processed by grinding.
    • 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
      An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.
Derived terms
  • ground beef
  • ground pepper
  • stoneground
Translations

References

  • ground at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • dog run

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • grund, grounde

Etymology

From Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ru?nd/

Noun

ground

  1. ground
  2. Earth

Declension

Descendants

  • English: ground
    • ? Fiji Hindi: garaund
    • ? Maltese: grawnd
  • Scots: grund, groond, greund
  • Yola: greoune

References

  • “gr?und, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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platform

English

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme (a flat form), from plate (flat) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, flat)) + forme (form) (from Latin f?rma (shape; figure; form)); compare flatscape.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?plætf??m/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?plætf??m/
  • Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform (plural platforms)

  1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
    Synonym: (not for artistic performances) podium
  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.
    Synonym: (only regarding the physical structure) podium
  4. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
  5. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
  6. (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
  7. (computing) A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution
  8. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
  9. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
  10. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
  11. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
  12. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
  13. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

  • dais

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
  2. (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
    • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog
      And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
  4. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
  5. (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
    Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform
  6. (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.

See also

  • Platform in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

  • platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • platform (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

  1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
  2. A political platform, (electoral) program
  3. A plateau
  4. A flat roof
  5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

Synonyms

  • (physical) podium n, verhoog n
  • (in a station) perron n
  • (political) (kies)programma n
  • (ground-plan) plattegrond

Derived terms

  • kiesplatform n

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: platform

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plattform, from French plateforme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?pl?tform]
  • Hyphenation: plat?form
  • Rhymes: -orm

Noun

platform (plural platformok)

  1. (politics) platform (electoral program)
  2. (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
  3. platform (a flat surface)

Declension

Derived terms

  • platformfüggetlen

References

Further reading

  • platform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, flat)) + Latin f?rma (shape; figure; form).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?platf?rm]
  • Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform

  1. platform,
    1. a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
      Synonyms: program, rencana
    2. a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
      Synonyms: panggung, pentas, mimbar
    3. a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
      Synonym: peron
  2. a political platform, (electoral) program.

Further reading

  • “platform” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plateforme.

Noun

platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

  1. platform
  2. (transport, travel) platform

Declension

Synonyms

  • (travel): peron

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