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springboard::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jumping-off point, point of departure |
| Type of | beginning, commencement, start |
he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own.
springboard::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | board |
| Has types | diving board |
Examples of springboard
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This provision should be the springboard for a discussion all of us should join.
From the sacbee.com
Last year, Notre Dame used this game as a springboard for its latest 6-6 season.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The truth is that the sciences are springboard subjects as much as art subjects.
From the independent.co.uk
The few good ones regarded their stay in Lviv as a springboard to other careers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you are passionate about a specific cause, that's a good springboard as well.
From the timesunion.com
The oil-rich emirate is likely to be the main springboard for any land invasion.
From the time.com
She was also 12th on the one-meter springboard and 16th on the 10-meter platform.
From the omaha.com
To truly find the greatest comeback, one has to use the above as a springboard.
From the stltoday.com
That ultimately became a springboard for a world championship for the Phillies.
From the newsday.com
- A flexible board for jumping upward
- 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"
- A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type.
- SpringBoard is the standard application that manages the iOS (formerly iPhone OS) home screen. However it also does a lot of other things including starting WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping applications and setting some of the device's settings on startup.
- Springboard is the name of a business incubator formed by Cambridge-based company Red Gate Software. Over the course of ten weeks, Red Gate provides startups with office space, money to live on, food and mentoring, including weekly talks from successful entrepreneurs. ...
- A springboard is a platform set upon one or usually multiple springs used in artistic gymnastics to propel a gymnast who jumps upon it further than if they had otherwise jumped off a fixed platform. ...
- A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water; A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment; Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or ...
- (Springboards) "prompts" which inspire writing, as a springboard helps launch a gymnast
- The internal name of the program Apple uses to run the iOS home screen, including the app launcher and fast app switcher.
