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Synonyms for podium

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-dee-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ di əm

Définition of podium

Origin :
  • 1743, "raised platform around an ancient arena," also "projecting base of a pedestal," from Latin podium "raised platform," from Greek podion "foot of a vase," diminutive of pous (genitive podos) "foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "raised platform at the front of a hall or stage" is from 1947.
  • noun structure from which speakers orate
Example sentences :
  • The ends of the seat or 'podium,' are concealed by boldly carved wings.
  • Extract from : « The Care of Books » by John Willis Clark
  • Cassius, standing in Csar's podium, seemed puny compared with that Lygian.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Behind the podium was a double portico, which ran round the whole building.
  • Extract from : « Rambles in Rome » by S. Russell Forbes
  • It seems now much larger on account of the removal of the wall of the podium.
  • Extract from : « Old Rome » by Robert Burn
  • Calmly, Lester produced a hundred-dollar bill and slid it across the podium.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • Down near the ringside was the pit, or podium, and that was the choice place.
  • Extract from : « The Car That Went Abroad » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • But it appears that he does not mean a podium, as generally understood.
  • Extract from : « Roman Britain in 1914 » by F. Haverfield
  • Paintings and inscriptions covered the walls or podium of the arena.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of Pompeii » by Marc Monnier
  • It did him good, by contrast, to hear a hearty peal of laughter that came up from the lowest ranks of the podium.
  • Extract from : « Serapis, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • There was a small entrance through the podium at the side, and stairs leading down to the shrine of Erechtheus.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 » by Various

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