Podium

/ˈpəʊ.di.əm/ · noun

Meaning

A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais..

Definitions by Sense

1. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
2. (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
3. (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
4. (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
5. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
6. The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
7. (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
8. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.

Example Sentences

Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.

The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.

Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

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Word Forms

• podia
• podiums
• podiuming
• podiumed

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