Dictionary

1. (

• springboard

) a flexible board for jumping upward ;

2. (

• springboard ,
• jumping-off_point ,
• point_of_departure

) 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" ;