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springboard

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. 1.A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
  2. 2.A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
  3. 3.Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.

verb

  1. 1.To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.

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