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Definition of Jumping-off point
1. Noun. A beginning from which an enterprise is launched. "The point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumping-off Point
Literary usage of Jumping-off point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1856 Is all the beauty in existence centred in the jumping-off- point of New
Jersey ?—Knick. Mag., xlviii. 285 (Sept.). 1861 Brunswick, Maine, almost the ..."
2. The Instructor: The Man and the Job : a Hand Book for Instructors of by Charles R. Allen (1919)
"It should be noted, however, that the idea which the instructor would select to
bring the preparatory work to the "jumping-off point" cited above would be ..."
3. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"The town was known as a jumping-off point for traders and adventurers heading
north, and to this day, it is still a good jumping-off point for outdoor ..."
4. Egypt and the English, Showing British Public Opinion in Egypt Upon the by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1908)
"Gondokoro is the jumping- off point for the little-explored provinces of Darfur
and Bahr-el-Ghazal: but they are very unhealthy and not very safe. ..."
5. Dear Old "K". by James T. Duane (1922)
"Lying between this Tranchee-de-Cologne and our jumping-off point was approximately
300 meters of barbed-wire entanglement. The artillery was successful in ..."
6. Goin' Fishin': Weather and Feed Facts; the Fresh-water Game Fish; the by Carroll Blaine Cook (1920)
"A bit north of Three Lakes are the Eagle Waters, jumping off point Eagle River,
Wis., fine for musky, bass, great northern pike and trout. ..."
7. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"But its also a jumping-off point for Tropical Bungee (it 506/248-2212,
www.bungee.co.cr), where jumping off the nearby Rio Colorado bridge is exhilarating ..."
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