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- Dictionarypo·di·um/ˈpōdēəm/
noun
- 1. a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra: "he was at the podium facing an expectant conference crowd"
verb
- 1. (of a competitor) finish first, second, or third, so as to appear on a podium for an award: US "I've had great results in the sprint and I've podiumed in the individual"
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The meaning of PODIUM is a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall. How to use podium in a sentence.
a raised area on which a person stands to speak to a large number of people, to conduct music, or to receive a prize in a sports competition: Tears ran down her face as she stood on the winner's podium. He looked nervous as he got up on the podium to make his speech. Synonym. rostrum. Compare. pulpit. dais. soapbox.
a raised area on which a person stands to speak to a large number of people, to conduct music, or to receive a prize in a sports competition: Tears ran down her face as she stood on the winner's podium. He looked nervous as he got up on the podium to make his speech. Synonym. rostrum. Compare. pulpit. dais. soapbox.
A podium is a raised platform like the kind Olympians stand on when they win a medal or like the overturned crate in the garage where you pretend to accept your Academy Award. Stepping up to a podium means taking center stage.
noun. , plural po·di·ums, po·di·a [poh, -dee-, uh]. a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc. Architecture. a low wall forming a base for a construction, as a colonnade or dome. a stereobate for a classical temple, especially one with perpendicular sides.
A podium is a small platform on which someone stands in order to give a lecture or conduct an orchestra.
noun. /ˈpəʊdiəm/ enlarge image. a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech or conducting an orchestra, etc. She is the first delegate to speak from the podium at today's conference. The president sat on the viewing podium watching the military parade. synonymrostrum. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
