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English to English noun
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a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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