"ಪ್ಲಾಟ್ಫಾರ್ಮ್" ಪದದ ನಿಘಂಟು ಅರ್ಥವು ಸಂದರ್ಭವನ್ನು ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿ ಬದಲಾಗಬಹುದು, ಆದರೆ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಇದು ಎತ್ತರದ ಮೇಲ್ಮೈ ಅಥವಾ ಹಂತವನ್ನು ಕೆಲವು ಉದ್ದೇಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅಡಿಪಾಯ ಅಥವಾ ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಕೆಲವು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿವೆ:
1. I slanted my head at the angle I thought would align with the bottom platform and opened my eyes.
2. Opposite, I could see a platform on the side of a skyscraper, impossible to reach by jumping.
3. This time, icy air slammed into me, and I barely reacted in time to grab for the edge of the platform and hang there, cursing whoever in the Multiverse had thought this was a good idea for offworld security.
4. Brooke stood on a narrow platform, hewn out of stone.
5. Behind Conner, the train platform could be seen, dozens of people milling there.
6. A train sat invitingly on the platform, but not the kind of train she would have expected.
7. Stepping past the table, they joined a disjointed throng that wandered almost hypnotically toward the platform and the train that held such promise and such dread.
8. Those assorted on the platform began to move forward, helping each other up onto the train.
9. She saw a similar set up to the previous station, except the wire mesh tunnels leading away from this platform were all colour coded.
10. A loudspeaker voice was telling them to leave the platform by their designated colour, each carriage arranged so that it was matched up to the correct tunnel.