springboard
a flexible board used as a takeoff in vaulting, tumbling, etc., to increase the height of leaps.
something that supplies the impetus or conditions for a beginning, change, or progress; a point of departure: a lecture to serve as a springboard for a series of seminars.
to impel or launch on or as if on a springboard.
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How to use springboard in a sentence
Adofo said he hoped the events would be a springboard to involve more residents in their community and provide outlets for them to engage in the self-determination championed by King.
After a year of pain and strife, volunteers see MLK Day as a way to come together | Joe Heim | January 18, 2021 | Washington PostThey hope to use that as a springboard to build interest in the commercial product, which should be available some time later this year.
Slim.ai announces $6.6M seed to build container DevOps platform | Ron Miller | January 12, 2021 | TechCrunchFinancial Garden also teaches kids how to start their own businesses and be financially sustainable using their talents and passions as a springboard.
He wanted to highlight how we could use the moon as a springboard to expand human civilization into the rest of the solar system.
How the Artemis moon mission could help get us to Mars | Neel Patel | September 23, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAmanda Stone says Olly uses an initial customer purchase as a springboard to pitch additional products to the consumer.
ABC had effectively removed the launching coil on its Modern Family springboard.
Marie Claire editor in chief Anne Fulenwider said she has no comment about Mam using her magazine as a springboard for redemption.
Who’s Telling The Truth About Somaly Mam? A Smashed Icon, A Media Brawl—and a Comeback | Lloyd Grove | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, like a traditional shaman, Coltrane clearly believed that the drums served as a springboard to a higher order of engagement.
But sometimes heritage is an irrepressibly fascinating springboard for talent.
The D.C. Circuit has been their springboard for rear-guard actions against the administration, and they want to preserve it.
As GOP Senators Block Obama’s Nominees, Democrats Prepare ‘Nuclear Option’ | Jamelle Bouie | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne after the other the boys ran up the springboard until only Jim and the stranger were left.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie MorrowA log thrust up suddenly beneath Cottrells feet and threw him into the air as if he had been shot from a springboard.
The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)I've always had a horror of being married for a living or for a home or as an experiment or a springboard.
The Grain Of Dust | David Graham PhillipsShe slid her forefeet a little way down the grassy side and went out over the water as if the bank had been a springboard.
Mount Music | E. Oe. Somerville and Martin RossEarly in the performance a series of flying leaps from a springboard, in which all the acrobats took part, was introduced.
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus | Horatio Alger Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for springboard
/ (ˈsprɪŋˌbɔːd) /
a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving
a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics
Australian and NZ a board inserted into the trunk of a tree at some height above the ground on which a lumberjack stands to chop down the tree
anything that serves as a point of departure or initiation
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