Collocations for "platform"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "platform" in context.
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platform
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [train, bus] is pulling away from the platform
- is leaving from platform [5]
- the platform was [packed, full, empty]
- the platform is [wet, icy, slippery]
- a [wooden, steel] platform
- a [scaffolding, construction] platform
- [an oil, a drilling, a deep-sea] platform
- a [three] -meter diving platform
- the speaker [mounted, took to, spoke from] the platform
- used as a platform to [help, provide, support, develop]
- is a platform for [action, cooperation, support]
- the party's (official) platform
- the party's platform is changing
- a campaign platform
- [a social media, a B2B, an e-commerce] platform
- wearing platform shoes
- wearing platform shoes
'platform' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barrier
- campaign
- clock
- cross
- depart
- deployment
- distribution
- diving
- engineering
- expansion
- fling
- flip
- gap
- hoist
- installation
- lorry
- overrun
- portable
- raised
- responsive
- shaky
- spill
- stable
- steady
- sturdy
- subside
- subway
- suspect
- wheelchair