springboard, n.
(springboards)
freq. cnt. 1
(springboards)
freq. cnt. 1
a flexible board for jumping upward
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
springboard
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
<noun.act>
jumping-off point point of departure springboard
sample sentences
"he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own""reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"
"the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"
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