jumping-off point 1

noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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Definition

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

  • 1.reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
  • 2.the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
  • 3.he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
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