jumping-off point
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ ɔf pɔɪnt/
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punto de partida
- Teachers recognize the possibilities for using the Kennedy assassination as a jumping-off point for the study of social studies.
So I think even just to maybe use that as a jumping off point.
- So I think even just to maybe use that as a jumping off point.
- But by and large, for almost all of them, the narcissism was a jumping off point to their success.
- Well that shared view can often be the jumping off point to be able to weaponize that and for the narcissistic person to keep the partner or friend close.
- And so I was back to where our jumping off point.
- This is a good jumping off point to talk about is some of this stuff actually coherent or not?
- But I, I do think that is, I think the way I approach most of the stuff I write is that it's, it's a, it a jumping off point, right?
Examples
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And so I used that as a jumping-off point.
Academic text (1998) -
Distinguished Italian writer Claudio Magris, for instance, adopted Paolini's book as a jumping-off point for the discussion of euthanasia, one of Italy's most complex and controversial bioethical issues.
Academic text (2017) -
Let's use that as a jumping off point.
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Guy's post was my jumping-off point when I started my first post!
Blog text (20) -
Parents can use our links section as a jumping-off point to access other useful resources.
Blog text (17) -
"One of the best examples of inspiration was the jumping-off point for the storyline in Q Is for Quarry."
Academic text (2011) -
In Niagara Falling, the hometown history of video artist David Hodge becomes a jumping-off point and a warning.
Blog text (11) -
Tough Guise, subtitled Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity, is a good jumping-off point.
Academic text (2004) -
Final Fantasy VI is an easy jumping-off point for understanding how games combine the Apollonian and Dionysian.
Blog text (16) -
Fort Lauderdale is a major jumping-off point for people on Caribbean cruises.
Synonyms
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1.0
The time or place when something begins
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3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
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4.2
A thing that helps someone start or grow a career
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4.1
The place or time where an event begins
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4.3
Something that helps you start and make progress in a job or career
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4.5
An idea or fact used as a starting point for discussion and work
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6.3
A place where someone starts a journey, project, or activity
The first moment when a race or event begins
Antonyms
How Useful
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4.2
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1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
jumping-off + point
The meaning 'a place or idea from which further action can begin' is directly built from 'jumping off' (the act of starting or launching) plus 'point' (a place or stage), so the sense of a 'starting place' is compositional. This starting-point metaphor is cross-linguistically common (e.g. 'punto de partida'/'point de départ'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Jumping-off point comes from the simple image of standing on a high point and jumping-off to begin a journey or action. So it now means a place or idea you use to 'begin' something new.