springboard
Noun
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Noun
springboard (plural springboards)
- A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
- (gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
- (figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.
- The opportunity served a springboard to their success.
- French: tremplin
- German: Sprungbrett
- Portuguese: trampolim
- Russian: трампли́н
- Spanish: trampolín, palanca
- French: tremplin
- German: Sprungbrett
- Portuguese: trampolim
- Russian: трампли́н
- Spanish: trampolín, palanca
- French: tremplin
- German: Sprungbrett
- Portuguese: trampolim
- Russian: трампли́н
- Spanish: trampolín
springboard (springboards, present participle springboarding; past and past participle springboarded)
- (transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.
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