WordNet: jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard

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"

• hypernym beginning, commencement, start

jumping-off point

• (suomi) lähtökohta (synonyymi)

point of departure

• (suomi) lähtöasema (synonyymi)

springboard

• (suomi) ponnahduslauta (synonyymi)