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(1) A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
(2) A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [also: podia (pl)]
(3) Structure from which speakers orate
(1) To keep the detailed and rather intense lecture from getting monotonous, a group seated beside the podium stood up at intervals and read section from the poet's works.
(2) He leans into his audience from the podium and glares into the lens.
(3) Marcus says his team went through structural gymnastics to get the tower loads through the podium to foundations.
(4) For the world championships, my deepest desire was to stand on the victory podium .
(5) My hands felt the sides of the microphone and I fingered the wooden podium .
(6) We ended up building on a podium on the west side.
(7) Immediately ahead, a large New Zealand flag flutters above the podium of a modern building on the corner of the Haymarket.
(8) Lt. Nalley rose from his seat and walked to the podium , resting his hands on either side of it and lowering his face to the microphone.
(9) This episode was not played centre stage but on a small podium installed near the audience.
(10) I took the score out of my briefcase and put it on the podium
(11) In my view at least two relay teams were denied the medal podium due to poor technical decisions.
(12) That would be a good speech from the podium during an election campaign, but certainly does not stand up to scrutiny in this place.
(13) Standing on the podium in Transport House, Westminster, Campbell was immaculately dressed as ever in a blue silk tie, light blue cotton shirt and pressed suit.
(14) In the foreground there were screens of columns standing on a projecting podium and supporting an entablature.
(15) The sphere hovers over a glazed pit, in which a museum is being created; a separate entrance leads down to both planetarium and museum from the podium .
(16) From there it can be hard to podium , because eight skiers came after her, and the judges tend to reserve some cushion in their scores to accommodate the possibility of better performances by the top seeds, who go last.
(17) She said there has been nothing akin to the feeling she had when she was standing on the podium and hearing NZ's national anthem being played.
(18) Both have competed for a few seasons but are rarely on the winners' podium .
(19) In technical terms the house is an open column-and-beam pavilion standing on a solid podium .
(20) I had already smoothed my speech out on the podium in front of me twice.
platform
stage
dais
rostrum
stand
soapbox