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   podium

   /ˈpəʊdɪəm/

   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"
   • ▪ a lectern: "I took the score out of my briefcase and put it on the podium"
   • ▪ (in some sporting events) a structure consisting of three adjacent platforms of different heights, on which the competitors finishing in first, second, and third places receive their awards: "it was more than I could imagine to be up on the podium and singing the national anthem"
   • ▪ a continuous projecting base or pedestal under a building: "a six columned portico raised on a podium"
   • ▪ a projecting lower structure around the base of a tower block.
   • ▪ a raised platform surrounding the arena in an ancient amphitheatre.

   verb

   • 1. (of a competitor in a sporting event) finish first, second, or third, so as to appear on a podium to receive an award: US "older riders who expected to podium may find themselves racing against other riders who are years younger"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: via Latin from Greek podion, diminutive of pous, pod- ‘foot’.

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