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podium — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • catwalk noun A narrow raised platform that models walk along during a fashion show.
  • dais noun A raised platform, as at the front of a hall, used for a speaker, head table, or seat of honour.
  • platform noun A raised, flat surface for standing on, such as at a train station or on a stage.
  • podium noun A raised platform for a speaker, performer, or conductor to stand on.
  • stage noun A phase or step in a process of change or development.

Senses

podium is used for these senses in English:

  • catwalk (fashion) A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.
  • dais A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]
  • platform A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
  • platform (politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
  • podium A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

catwalk — full definition

  1. noun A narrow raised platform that models walk along during a fashion show.
  2. noun Any narrow elevated walkway, such as one used by crew on a ship or in a theater.

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