Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched;
- Example: "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"- Example: "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"- Example: "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"[syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jumping-off point
n 1: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "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"
[syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of
departure]