springboard

Definition of Springboard in English :

Noun

1. springboard

a flexible board for jumping upward

2. jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

Example 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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Springboard

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noun

1.

a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving

2.

a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics

3. Australian and New Zealand

a board inserted into the trunk of a tree at some height above the ground on which a lumberjack stands to chop down the tree

4.

anything that serves as a point of departure or initiation

Springboard

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noun

1.

a flexible, springy board used by acrobats, gymnasts, etc. as a takeoff in performing various feats of leaping

2.

diving board

3.

anything serving as the starting point or providing the impetus for something else

Springboard

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n.

1. Sports

a. A flexible board mounted on a fulcrum with one end secured, used by gymnasts to gain momentum, as in vaulting.

b. See diving board.

2. Something that helps to launch a career or activity.

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