Podium

Quick meaning: Podium is a noun meaning A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
2. (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
3. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
4. The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
5. (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
6. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.

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

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.

Word Forms

• podia
• podiums
• podiuming
• podiumed

Synonyms for podium

Depending on context, synonyms include lectern, dais, rostrum, pulpit, stump, ambo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rostrum, dais, pulpit, ambo, soapbox, stump.

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