POINT OF DEPARTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
   Synonym(s)
   • jumping-off point (what does jumping-off point mean?)
   • springboard (what does springboard mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 mu
   Hypernyms(s) point of departure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • commencement (what does commencement mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
   Synonym(s)
   • jumping-off place (what does jumping-off place mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him
   • my point of departure was San Francisco
   Hypernyms(s) point of departure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • rootage (what does rootage mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)