JUMPING-OFF POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping-off point mean? 

• JUMPING-OFF POINT (noun)
  The noun JUMPING-OFF POINT has 1 sense:

1. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

  Familiarity information: JUMPING-OFF POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUMPING-OFF POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A beginning from which an enterprise is launched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jumping-off point; point of departure; springboard

Context example:

the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out

Hypernyms ("jumping-off point" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)