podium
noun/ˈpəʊdiəm/
/ˈpəʊdiəm/
- 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.
- (in sports) three platforms of different levels on which winners stand, usually to receive prizes
- The pair just missed out on a podium finish when they took fourth place.
- He dreamed of standing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
- (North American English) (also lectern British and North American English)a stand for holding a book, notes, computer, etc. when you are reading in church, giving a talk, etc.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek podion, diminutive of pous, pod- ‘foot’.
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