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- Dictionarypodium/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"
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"
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
po·di·um. (pō′dē-əm) n. pl. po·di·ums or po·di·a (-dē-ə) 1. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker. 2. A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern. 3. Architecture. a. A low wall serving as a foundation. b. A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater. 4.
PODIUM definition: a small, raised area, sometimes with a tall table on it, that someone stands on when they are…. Learn more.
Podium definition, a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc. See more.
