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springboard Definition

spring·board (spriŋ′bôrd′)

noun

  1. a flexible, springy board used by acrobats, gymnasts, etc. as a takeoff in performing various feats of leaping
  2. diving board
  3. anything serving as the starting point or providing the impetus for something else

springboard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • provide: The school provides Springboard tutors a room in which to work.
  • prove: Instead it proved a springboard for an audacious attempt to heist the match from England, mooted no doubt during tea.
  • become: The Yugoslav revolution can become the springboard from which the Fourth will launch itself on its conquest of the masses ' .
  • offer: This book offers a hundred simple prayers rooted in everyday experience, the commonplace offering a springboard to personal devotion.

Adjective modifier

  • perfect: A battling win against Preston would have been the perfect springboard to fight our way back up the league.
  • ideal: Yet Goa is an ideal springboard for the interior.
  • excellent: Hence, a degree in the Biological Sciences is an excellent springboard to a successful future career in a wide range of fields.
  • useful: It is a useful springboard for visiting the rest of the town.
  • great: This book is a great springboard for further learning.
  • good: Good colonies with a population of healthy winter bees are the best springboard for the next season.

Preposition: into

  • career: The HND Hospitality Business Management can be a great springboard into a career in the hospitality industry.

Modifies a noun

  • program: UCN has recently run its first Springboard program for some years.

Noun used with modifier

  • meter: The diving boards included a 1 meter springboard and a symmetrically stepped stage up to 8 feet high.
  • career: There's now a wide range of competitions and awards to enter and to use as a careers springboard.

Preposition: for

  • discussion: A sketch plan of the garden design will then be created as a springboard for further discussion.
  • success: Winning a coveted Yellow Pencil is a springboard for future success.
  • career: A PhD from Lancaster University Management School can provide a springboard for careers in these fields.
  • idea: The video may be more of a springboard for ideas which the choreographer hopes to explore further in the physical realm.
  • action: It was also his springboard for action in the wider Church.
  • future: How can the past be a springboard for the future?