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English → English (WordNet) Definition: jumping-off point jumping-off point n : a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “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” [syn: springboard, point of departure ]