അർത്ഥം : A beginning from which an enterprise is launched.
							ഉദാഹരണം : 
							He uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own.
							Reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions.
							The point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out.
							
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : point of departure, springboard