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# podium

«podium» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small raised platform that a person stands on to speak…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a podium, podiums or podia)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A podium is a small raised platform that a person stands on to speak, conduct an orchestra or receive a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#m1)

2) In sport, the podium is the three-step stand where the first, second and third winners stand; "to get on the podium" means to finish in the top three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#m2)

3) (US) A podium can also mean a lectern, the stand that holds a speaker's notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sports lessons and the Olympics, the podium shows gold, silver and bronze places: first in the middle (highest), second on one side, third on the other. In school assemblies a speaker may stand at a podium. In maths problems "made the podium" means finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

### examples

- The three winners stood on the podium to get their medals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x1)
- She finished second and stood on the podium with a silver medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x2)
- Our team just missed the podium by coming fourth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x3)
- The head teacher spoke from the podium in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x4)
- The conductor stepped onto the podium and raised his baton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x5)
- The gold medal winner stands on the highest step of the podium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x6)
- Making the podium at the swimming gala was her dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/#x7)

### note

Plural: podiums (usual) or podia (formal). "Podium" is something you stand ON; a "lectern" is a stand for notes, though Americans often call that a podium too. In maths and sport, the podium = top 3 places only.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «podium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/podium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.