Podium is an English word with synonyms like dais or pulpit. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Podium meaning
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
- A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
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Using Podium
- The main meaning on this page is: A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais. | A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. | A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
- Useful related words include: dais, pulpit, rostrum, ambo.
- Possible Dutch translations are: podium, spreekgestoelte.
- In the example corpus, podium often appears in combinations such as: the podium, podium in, podium at.
Context around Podium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Podium
- In this selection, "podium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, models, wong, final, finish, models and following stand out and add context to how "podium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a podium camera is and at a podium beneath a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "podium" sits close to words such as clarified, earl and expelled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with podium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Asking questions was a baby step on the road to standing behind the podium. (14 words)
Afterwards, Warren took to the podium to express her elation at the long-awaited opening. (15 words)
As the vote was held, Black members and other Democrats joined Jones at the podium. (15 words)
Indeed, Patrese's 3rd place at Monza in 1984 (to date the final podium finish for Alfa Romeo in F1) came at the expense of Cheever who was robbed of a podium finish when his car ran out of fuel 6 laps from the finish. (45 words)
At the top of the run, through the Aztec Flats, many of the competitors were close to the top of the podium, only to see their times balloon in the more technical aspects of the course in the Airplane Turn, Strawpile and Norway Island. (44 words)
At the bare minimum, a podium finish for Omanyala in the Moroccan capital would be an excellent way to announce himself on a grander stage as part of a growing breed of African sprinters who are staking their claim at the elite level. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
A podium camera is not one focused on the winner's podium but a full-scale camera on a mount, or podium.
Podium models Podium model modeling a dress by Sue Wong Podium models differ from runway models in that they don't walk down a runway, but rather just stand on an elevated platform.
It just so happened that Sabathia was two seats away from the podium as Verlander spoke, and Dodgers star Cody Bellinger was between the podium and Sabathia, who did not seem pleased.
One of the dreams of this team was that we will stand on the podium in Paris, let’s hope our first step in that journey is to be on the podium of the Virtual race come the end of the weekend.
Indeed, Patrese's 3rd place at Monza in 1984 (to date the final podium finish for Alfa Romeo in F1) came at the expense of Cheever who was robbed of a podium finish when his car ran out of fuel 6 laps from the finish.
A draughts duo from Motherwell flew the SA flag high last week when they claimed podium positions at the World Qualifier Checkers Tournament in Turkey.
Afterwards, Warren took to the podium to express her elation at the long-awaited opening.
Alongside Kinney, sophomore Jacy Pulse came in third in the 200 meter dash to round out the podium.
Alonso finished third, grabbing the last podium spot, despite teammate Lance Stroll barreling into him from behind on the first lap of the race.
Amy Fraser, of Canada, stands on the podium following the halfpipe finals during the World Cup U.S. Grand Prix freestyle skiing event in Copper Mountain, Colo., Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.
And as Jean-Pierre left the podium at the end of the briefing, Rosen also shouted, “You told us something six times that turned out to be false.
An Idaho State Police trooper prepares to escort Idaho Freedom Foundation senior policy fellow Ron Nate away from the podium during Tuesday’s Senate committee hearing.
Aron competed in the Formula 3 series this year, achieving one stage win during the season, in the Spielberg sprint race and making the podium on three other occasions.
Asking questions was a baby step on the road to standing behind the podium.
As Ms Sturgeon prepared to leave the podium after a press conference in which she failed to take any questions from newspapers, BBC Scotland’s Glenn Campbell interrupted her.
As player after player has come to the podium following OTA practices, the theme has been crystal clear.
As the vote was held, Black members and other Democrats joined Jones at the podium.
At the bare minimum, a podium finish for Omanyala in the Moroccan capital would be an excellent way to announce himself on a grander stage as part of a growing breed of African sprinters who are staking their claim at the elite level.
At the end of an aisle is the front of the room, where U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a podium beneath a gold United Nations insignia that hangs on the wall.
At the top of the run, through the Aztec Flats, many of the competitors were close to the top of the podium, only to see their times balloon in the more technical aspects of the course in the Airplane Turn, Strawpile and Norway Island.
Common combinations with podium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the podium 124×
- podium in 27×
- podium at 12×
- podium with 11×
- podium after 10×
- podium and 9×
- podium finish 8×
- podium to 7×
- on podium 7×
- podium finishes 6×