podium

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  1. noun An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker.
  2. noun A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.
  3. noun Architecture A low wall serving as a foundation.
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  • "It's the day to be a close third, but to be on the podium is an awful neat experience," said Gunselman, who finished 0.01 behind Todd Bodine in qualifying. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • I was horrified not just by but the knowledge that up on the podium was a resume without a man into which every neoconservative and other right-wing Republican with a burr in their saddle would pour their pet animosities and causes. —  KIKO'S HOUSE
  • It's Palin night at the Xcel Center, and so far everybody at the podium has been a woman, a member of a minority group, an entrepreneur, or all three. —  Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
  • "While we were standing behind the podium, the president looked over and asked me if I was nervous, and I said, 'It's not every day I get to introduce the president,'" Copenhaver said. —  Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
  • A parade of party luminaries preceded Palin to the convention podium, and Republicans packing the hall cheered every attack on Obama. —  thenewsstar.com - Local News
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  1. Latin, from Greek podion, base, diminutive of pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. L. (later Italian podio = French podium), from podium (see def.), from Greek πόδιον, a little foot, diminutive of πούς (ποδ-), foot: see pew.
 

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