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podium
1[ poh-dee-uhm ]
noun
- 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.
- the masonry supporting a classical temple.
- a raised platform surrounding the arena of an ancient Roman amphitheater having on it the seats of privileged spectators.
- a counter or booth, as one at an airport for handling tickets or dispensing information.
- Zoology, Anatomy. a foot.
- Botany. a footstalk or stipe.
verb (used without object)
- (in a sports competition) to finish first, second, or third and receive an award while standing on a podium:
He’s podiumed in five of his past six races.
-podium
2- a combining form meaning “footlike part” of an organism, used in the formation of compound words:
monopodium; pseudo-podium.
podium
1/ ˈpəʊdɪəm /
noun
- a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais
- a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall
- a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre
- zoology
- the terminal part of a vertebrate limb
- any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish
-podium
2combining form
- a part resembling a foot
pseudopodium
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Example Sentences
Biden, after all, is known for his unbuttoned comments from the podium.
By the time Gurira took her place at the Google podium to read from the play, the audience was primed for emotion.
But King just stepped up to the podium and delivered one of the finest speeches of his life.
Red tie and blue shirt-clad Paul walked casually in front of the audience and, like a normal person, stood behind the podium.
On the outskirts of the partisan mayhem, a smaller crowd gathered as a heavy-set man strode up to a podium in front of them.
No other seats were open to them unless they were of sufficient distinction to claim a place upon the podium.
It did him good, by contrast, to hear a hearty peal of laughter that came up from the lowest ranks of the podium.
The Cuban Ambassador, whose seat was nearest the podium, crossed the plush rail and rushed to Tabio's wheel chair.
Paintings and inscriptions covered the walls or podium of the arena.
A brick podium under the right end column of the Arch of Severus marks its site.
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