In the project "Springboard to Languages," they teach Esperanto in schools in Great Britain as a propaedeutic to prepare for learning other languages.
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Springboard
Synonyms for "springboard" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Noun(9 words)
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
10 entriesact as springboardcareer springboarddiving boardeducational springboardlaunching padserve as springboardspringboard effectspringboard for researchspringboard for successspringboard into action
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- منطلق noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Czech
1 entries- odrazový můstek noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Danish
1 entries- springbræt noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Finnish
1 entries- ponnahduslauta noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
French
1 entries- tremplin noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
German
1 entries- Sprungbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Hungarian
1 entries- ugródeszka noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Icelandic
1 entries- stökkpallur noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Italian
2 entries- trampolino noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- trampolino di lancio noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- springbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- springbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Polish
1 entries- trampolina noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Portuguese
1 entries- trampolim noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Russian
2 entries- плацда́рм noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- трампли́н noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Spanish
1 entries- trampolín noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Swedish
1 entries- språngbräda noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трамплі́н noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
That idea was a springboard for further discussions about sex.
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The Islamic Salvation Front wanted to use the 1992 legislative elections as a political springboard to remain in power for ever.
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The opportunity acted as a springboard for their success.
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Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.