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Princeton's WordNet

  1. springboard, jumping-off point, point of departurenoun

    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"

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  1. jumping-off point

    A jumping-off point refers to a starting point or basis from which an activity or process can begin. It is often used to indicate a position or situation that can be used to initiate a conversation, argument, idea, process, or progress.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jumping-off point in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jumping-off point in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of jumping-off point in a Sentence

  1. Karen Caballero:

    We planned it together as a family, so that they could have a different life, so that they would achieve their goals and dreams, this was the jumping-off point.


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  • startpunktDanish
  • отправную точкуRussian
  • ஜம்பிங்-ஆஃப் புள்ளிTamil
  • జంపింగ్-ఆఫ్ పాయింట్Telugu

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