- 1a strong board that you jump on and use to help you jump high in diving and gymnastics
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- 2springboard (for/to something) something that helps you start an activity, especially by giving you ideas The document provided a springboard for a lot of useful discussion. The show aims to give new young talent a springboard to success.
verb [intransitive, transitive] springboard (something) (into something) The company expects that this strategic move would allow it to springboard into the foreign market.See springboard in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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