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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a flexible board for jumping upward;

2. 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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Springboard \Spring"board`\ (-b[=o]rd`), n.
   An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often
   by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or
   in exercising.
   [1913 Webster] Springbok


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

springboard
    n 1: a flexible board for jumping upward
    2: 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]