POINT OF DEPARTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does point of departure mean? 

• POINT OF DEPARTURE (noun)
  The noun POINT OF DEPARTURE has 2 senses:

1. a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

2. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

  Familiarity information: POINT OF DEPARTURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POINT OF DEPARTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

jumping-off place; point of departure

Context example:

my point of departure was San Francisco

Hypernyms ("point of departure" is a kind of...):

beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

Sense 2

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 ("point of departure" is a kind of...):

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