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    JUMPING-OFF PLACE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launchedplay

    Example:

    my point of departure was San Francisco

    Synonyms:

    jumping-off place; point of departure

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("jumping-off place" is a kind of...):

    beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

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