Springboard

Definition: Springboard

Springboard

Noun

1. A flexible board for jumping upward.

Date "springboard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Domain	Definition
Sports & Leisure	An elastic board one or three meters above water. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	A short board or plank, its end notched into the bole, on which the cutter stands so as to enable him to fell the tree at a level not reachable from the ground. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Springboard

English words defined with "springboard": Batule ♦ diving board. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I think he regifted, then he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Superbowl sex romp! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)
Movie/TV Titles	Springboard to the Sun (1964) The Fat Man and the Treacherous Springboard (1898)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Springboard Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Read to Write: Using Children's Literature As a Springboard for Teaching Writing (reference) Springboard : Women's Development Workbook (reference) Springboard for Passing the Ged Science Test (reference) Springboard to Success: Communication Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	GeoDiscovery Geode GPS Springboard Module For Handspring Visor (reference) Good Technology SoundsGood EnergyClip Springboard Module for MP3 Player (reference) H.C.L. Electronics Beat Plus Springboard Module (reference) Bonsai Entertainment Classic Card Games Springboard Module (reference) Targus HandCam Springboard Module (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Beginning; start; commencement; day one; embark; embarkation; first step; inauguration; inception; initiation; jump off; jumping-off place; kickoff; onset; opening; origin; outset; setting out; source; springboard; square one; start off; takeoff; starting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The plump bald sergeantmajor was testing with his foot the springboard of the vaulting horse.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Foreign franchisors should also view South Africa as a springboard to expansion into the rest of Africa. (references)
		Greece and specially the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece will offer itself as a springboard to the Balkans. (references)
		Greece, and specially the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece will offer itself as a springboard to the Balkans. (references)
Civil Liberties	Romania	An increasing number of transiting illegal migrants regards the country as a springboard to other countries. (references)
Economic History	Eritrea	In 1896, the Italians used Eritrea as a springboard for their disastrous attempt to conquer Ethiopia. (references)
	Singapore	It is, therefore, a good test market and springboard for U.S. franchisors wishing to enter the markets of the Asia Pacific region. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	I hope that the findings from this report will serve as a springboard for needed reforms at all levels of education.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Springboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.28% of the time. "Springboard" is used about 149 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.28%	136	27,260
Noun (common)	7.38%	11	106,044
Noun (proper)	1.34%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	149	N/A

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Springboard Plc
	(more examples...)

Expression using "springboard": springboard diving. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "springboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pedanë kërcimi. (various references)

Arabic		‏منصة الوثب, ‏مقفز. (various references)

Bulgarian		трамплин (jumping-board, plunge-board, steppingstone, take off). (various references)

Chinese		跳板. (various references)

Czech		skokanské prkno, trampolína (trampoline), lyžařský mùstek (spring-board). (various references)

Danish		springbraet, vippe (bistable circuit, bistable trigger, bistable trigger circuit, flip-flop, flip-flop toggle, latch, low board, multivibrator, one-meter board, see-saw), faeldebord (chopping board, jigger, jigger-board, staging). (various references)

Dutch		springplank (low board, one-meter board), velplank (chopping board, jigger, jigger-board, staging). (various references)

Farsi		واگن سبک , تخته شیرجه . (various references)

Finnish		ponnahduslauta (diving board). (various references)

French		tremplin. (various references)

German		Sprungbrett (launching pad, spring board, stepping stone, steppingstone). (various references)

Greek		σανίδα για καταδύσεις (low board, one-meter board), σανίδα εκπηδήσεωσ δύτου, βατήρας, ικρίωμα υλοτομήσεως (chopping board, jigger, jigger-board, staging). (various references)

Hebrew		מקפצ�" (take off board), קרש קפיצ�" (steppingstone), עמו�" קפיצ�". (various references)

Hungarian		ugródeszka (diving board, spring-board), trambulin (diving board, spring-board). (various references)

Indonesian		tumpu (foothold, footing). (various references)

Italian		trampolino (diving board, ski jump, trampoline). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		跳び板 , 飛び板 (diving board), スプリンクラー設備 (splint, sprawl, spray, spray gun, spread, spring, spring camp, spring coat, sprinkler system, sprint, sprinter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		スプリングボード , とびいた (diving board). (various references)

Manx		clist-chlaare. (various references)

Pig Latin		ingboardspray

Portuguese		trampolim (diving board, steppingstone, trampoline). (various references)

Russian		трамплин (diving board). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		odskočna daska (spring-board). (various references)

Spanish		trampolín (trampoline). (various references)

Swedish		språngbräda (stepping stone, stepping-stone), trampolin (diving board). (various references)

Thai		กระ�"านสำหรับกระโ�"�"น้ำหรือเล่นยิมนาสติก, จุ�"เริ่มต้นทางความคิ�"หรือการกระทำ. (various references)

Turkish		sıçrama tahtası, tramplen (diving board). (various references)

Ukrainian		трамплін, плацдарм (place of arms). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Spanish	900-Modern	trampolin. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "springboard": springboards. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Springboard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Springford. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "springboard" (pronounced spri"ngbô'rd)
4	-b ô' r d	aboveboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, cardboard, checkerboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, containerboard, dartboard, dashboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, floorboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, linerboard, mopboard, onboard, outboard, overboard, paperboard, pegboard, plasterboard, pressboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, skateboard, smorgasbord, snowboard, storyboard, surfboard, switchboard, wallboard, washboard.
3	-ô' r d	broadsword, clavichord, concord, harpsichord, landlord, notochord, overlord, underinsured, warlord.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-i-n-o-p-r-r-s"
	-2 letters: adsorbing, boardings, raindrops, signboard.
	-3 letters: airdrops, birdsong, boarding, brigands, garrison, grandsir, inboards, poniards, probands, probangs, raindrop, roarings, songbird, sparring.
	-4 letters: aboding, adoring, airdrop, bagnios, bandogs, barding, barongs, barring, barrios, bodings, borings, briards, brigand, brogans, darings, dognaps, dragons, draping, gabions, ganoids, garrons, gradins, inboard, inroads, ordains, origans, padroni, pardons, parings, parring, parsing, pignora, pongids.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-g-i-n-o-p-r-r-s"
	+1 letter: springboards.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
springboard	103	capital springboard	3
springboard diving	42	counseling credit springboard	3
springboard module	23	enterprise springboard	3
arts springboard	15	springboard surname	3
consulting springboard	14	company consulting innovation springboard	3
springboard telstra	9	credit.org springboard	2
handspring springboard module	6	ethernet handspring springboard	2
operation springboard	5	mcm springboard	2
handspring springboard	4	diving springboard video	2
springboard technology	4	forward springboard	2
media springboard	4	arts.net springboard	2
diving picture springboard	4	camp diving springboard	2
english oxford press springboard teaching through university	3	dive springboard	2
credit springboard	3	group springboard	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Springboard

Definition: Springboard

Springboard

Noun

Specialty Definition: Springboard

Crosswords: Springboard

Modern Usage: Springboard

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Use in Literature: Springboard

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Non-Fiction Usage: Springboard

Speeches: Springboard

Jimmy Carter

Usage Frequency: Springboard

Usage in Company Names: Springboard

Springboard Plc

Expression: Springboard

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Springboard

Modern Translation: Springboard

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Derivations & Misspellings: Springboard

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Anagrams: Springboard

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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