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Speaker's place
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podium
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit. 2 (context proscribed English) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. 3 (context sports and other competitions English) A steepled platform upon which ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podium \Po"di*um\, n.; pl. Podia . [L., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ?, ?, foot. See Pew .] (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by arch[ae]ologists in two senses: The dwarf wall surrounding the ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
''' Podium ''' is a 2004 French comedy / fantasy film directed by Yann Moix starring Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde , Jean-Paul Rouve and Julie Depardieu .
Usage examples of podium.
He stood silently behind the podium as he watched the shaken delegations file out of the auditorium until only he, Joaquin, and Ament remained.
Aquele carro podia, em lugar de bater no barranco, ter batido no nosso.
And the tall fair-skinned senior boy who was valedictorian as- cended rapidly to the stage and crossed to the podium in his cap and gown, his posture, manner, stride suggesting an upright and very mobile pair oi scissors.
He watched with perfectly settled emotions as the energetic Miles Glover jaunted up to the podium to accept the El Sol Doubloon on behalf of his cheering crew, and bowed to the applause of millions.
In Kansas City the usual gaggle of esurient sycophants who cannot differentiate between the Artist and the Art rushed the podium for autographs and cheap thrills such as the pressing of flesh.
On the empty stage, the Prophet, the Mahdi, Fard Muhammad, stands behind the podium.
Ard Fheis meself and get up on the shagging podium and give those feckers a piece of my mind.
The two tables and chairs were parallel to the sidewalls, so that those who sat at the tables would face each other, and not either the lord justicer at the podium desk or the audience in the benches.
Rusty Kerfuffle, doggedly ignoring the trees and flowers and folding chairs and cameras, doggedly ignoring the knowledge that his beloved paperweight was in his pocket, moved toward the podium, dragging the unwanted corpses with him.
Fiz um gesto negativo e sentei-me numa pedra, de onde podia ver Tatziu.
They had deftly gutted the mech-station superintendents, the Horde of Podia descending with complete surprise and zestful courage.
By laying traps for mech squadrons in near pulsars, the podia had enjoyed their first military successes.
How the highest of all the podia, the Illuminates, understood what the landscape of science had implied: the holy cosmic view.
Images flared, one by one: spindly podia smashing nests, cutting strands.
Watery images of the mingling, chattering podia reflected from the steepled, glossy walls.