springboard
Noun: 1. A flexible, springy board used to gain height or momentum in diving or gymnastics: A physical board, typically fixed at one end, that a person jumps on to propel themselves upward. 2. A starting point or foundation that helps launch an activity, idea, or enterprise: Something that provides an initial impetus or favorable conditions for further development or success.
Noun - Physical Object: * The diver bounced powerfully on the springboard before executing a perfect somersault. * Gymnasts train for years to master their routines on the vault and the springboard.
Noun - Figurative Starting Point: * Her first successful short story served as a springboard for her career as a novelist. * The team used the client's feedback as a springboard to develop a much better product. * This introductory course is designed to be a springboard to more advanced studies.
- "to use something as a springboard for/to something": This is the most common figurative construction.
- The scandal was used by the reformers as a springboard for major political change.
- He used his experience in marketing as a springboard to a career in management.
- Springboard diving (n): The sport of diving using a springboard.
- Springboard platform (n): The structure supporting a diving springboard.
- (For definition 2): Launchpad, jumping-off point, starting point, catalyst, impetus, foundation.
- (For definition 1): Diving board.
- "A springboard to success/fame": Something that enables a rapid or successful start.
- The viral video became a springboard to fame for the unknown musician.
- "Provide a springboard": To act as or supply the initial catalyst.
- The new government grant will provide a springboard for innovative tech startups.
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a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
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he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
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reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
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the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
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a flexible board for jumping upward
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