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Rarespringboard
The correct spelling is springboard.
How to pronounce springboard
noun
Say it like: Spr-ing-boa-rd
The correct spelling is springboard. A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water. For example: "The opportunity served a springboard to their success."
Usage Examples
“The opportunity served a springboard to their success.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
- 2.A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
- 3.Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.
verb
- 1.To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.
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