Associations to the word «Springboard»

Wiktionary

SPRINGBOARD, noun. A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
SPRINGBOARD, noun. (gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
SPRINGBOARD, noun. (figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.
SPRINGBOARD, verb. (transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard.

Dictionary definition

SPRINGBOARD, noun. A flexible board for jumping upward.
SPRINGBOARD, noun. 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".

Wise words

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