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springboard

spring·board
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spring-bawrd, -bohrd]
    • /ˈsprɪŋˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
    • /ˈsprɪŋ.bɔːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spring-bawrd, -bohrd]
    • /ˈsprɪŋˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

Definitions of springboard word

  • noun springboard a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring. 1
  • noun springboard a flexible board used as a takeoff in vaulting, tumbling, etc., to increase the height of leaps. 1
  • noun springboard 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. 1
  • noun springboard gymnast's board 1
  • noun springboard launch pad, starting point 1
  • countable noun springboard If something is a springboard for something else, it makes it possible for that thing to happen or start. 0
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Origin of springboard

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; spring + board

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Parts of speech for Springboard

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Springboard

springboard popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

springboard usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • back dive

    a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.

  • trampoline

    a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.

  • armstand dive

    a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.

  • cutaway dive

    a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.

  • diving board

    a springboard.

  • fancy diving

    diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
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