different between platform vs method

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.
10. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
11. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
12. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
13. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
14. (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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???d/
• Hyphenation: meth?od

Etymology 1

From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (méthodos).

Noun

method (countable and uncountable, plural methods)

1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):

2. (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.

   Synonym: method acting
3. (object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

   Synonym: member function
4. (slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

5. (dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.

Hyponyms

Translations

Verb

method (third-person singular simple present methods, present participle methoding, simple past and past participle methoded)

1. (transitive) to apply a method
   • 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...

     "Says he, there is above ten thousand brisk boys are ready to follow me, whenever I hold up my finger : — Says I, how have you methoded this, that they shall not be crushed, for there will be a great force to oppose you?"

2. (casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold

   The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

method (plural methods)

1. (skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.

Anagrams

• mothed