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- Dictionaryspring·board/ˈspriNGˌbôrd/
noun
- 1. a strong, flexible board from which someone can jump in order to gain added impetus when performing a dive or a gymnastic movement.
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something that provides you either with the opportunity to follow a particular plan of action, or the encouragement that is needed to make it successful: The firm's director is confident that the new project will act as a springboard for/to further contracts. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of SPRINGBOARD is a flexible board usually secured at one end and used for gymnastic stunts or diving. How to use springboard in a sentence.
SPRINGBOARD meaning: 1. a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool…. Learn more.
noun. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched. “he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own”. synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure. see more. see less. type of: beginning, commencement, start. the act of starting something.
noun. a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving. a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics. 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.
noun. 1. a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving. 2. a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics. 3. Australian and New Zealand. 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. 4.
Definition of springboard noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
springboard (for/to something) something that helps you start an activity, especially by giving you ideas. The document provided a springboard for a lot of useful discussion. The show aims to give new young talent a springboard to success. See springboard in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: springboard.
springboard (somebody/something) (into something) to help somebody/something start an activity quickly and strongly; to start an activity in this way. The company expects that this strategic move would allow it to springboard into the US market.
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. See more verb (used with or without object)
