Springboard is an English word with synonyms like board or beginning. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Springboard in a sentence
Related words
Springboard meaning
- A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
- Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
Synonyms of Springboard
Using Springboard
- The main meaning on this page is: A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics. | Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
- Useful related words include: board, jumping-off point, point of departure, beginning.
- In the example corpus, springboard often appears in combinations such as: as springboard, springboard to, springboard for.
Context around Springboard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Springboard
- In this selection, "springboard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, meter, assisted, double, moonsault, forearm and cutter stand out and add context to how "springboard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 meter springboard 3 meter and 3 meter springboard and platform. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "springboard" sits close to words such as annapolis, browsers and clears, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with springboard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Diving and Springboard attacks do more damage. (7 words)
Bey hit Callihan with the assisted springboard Cutter. (8 words)
Axiom with a springboard moonsault — caught in a submission! (9 words)
The arms must be beside the body for feet-first dives, which are typically competed only on the 1m springboard and only at fairly low levels of 3m springboard, and extended forwards in line for "head-first" dives, which are much more common competitively. (44 words)
Waller finally made the hot tag and he hit a springboard forearm shot on Max, then a 619 on JGeorge and a springboard X-Factor on JGeorge, then a handspring-back-double stunner for a nearfall at 7:00. (39 words)
The diver has indeed achieved his goal of reaching his third consecutive Olympics, where he hopes to add to his medal count in the men's synchronised 3m springboard and men's 3m springboard this week. (36 words)
Axiom with a springboard moonsault — caught in a submission! (9 words)
Darius with a springboard reverse STO on Hardy, Zay gets a schoolboy for two, follows it with a lariat! (19 words)
Fighting over a whip, Legend clocks her with an elbow, blocks a sunset flip, Henley with a kick to the knee, springboard into a wheelbarrow blocked! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Waller finally made the hot tag and he hit a springboard forearm shot on Max, then a 619 on JGeorge and a springboard X-Factor on JGeorge, then a handspring-back-double stunner for a nearfall at 7:00.
The diver has indeed achieved his goal of reaching his third consecutive Olympics, where he hopes to add to his medal count in the men's synchronised 3m springboard and men's 3m springboard this week.
Events at the championship include 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard, and platform, as well as various swimming individual and relay events.
The arms must be beside the body for feet-first dives, which are typically competed only on the 1m springboard and only at fairly low levels of 3m springboard, and extended forwards in line for "head-first" dives, which are much more common competitively.
Axiom with a springboard moonsault — caught in a submission!
Bailey performed a springboard moonsault using the top rope onto Tanahashi on the floor.
Bey hit Callihan with the assisted springboard Cutter.
Darius with a springboard reverse STO on Hardy, Zay gets a schoolboy for two, follows it with a lariat!
Disciplines include the hot saw, single buck, standing block chop, stock saw, underhand chop and springboard chop.
Diving and Springboard attacks do more damage.
Fatu finished with a double springboard moonsault to win.
Fenix got the early advantage with a springboard headscissors that sent Loco to the outside where Fenix splashed Loco from the top rope.
Ferreira hit a springboard crossbody block, then a running penalty kick on the rin apron, then an Asai Moonsault at 7:30.
Fighting over a whip, Legend clocks her with an elbow, blocks a sunset flip, Henley with a kick to the knee, springboard into a wheelbarrow blocked!
Fujita hit a springboard dropkick on Desperado for a nearfall at 6:30.
He hit a springboard stunner, then an Air Raid Crash for the pin.
He said that in their three months of training, they were mentored, educated and placed on a positive, good foundation to act as springboard for their careers.
Hopefully, he can use Thursday night’s catch — honestly, maybe the best in-game catch of his career — as a springboard to more late-summer success.
However, Springboard said a large part of the difference was due to last week beginning on Christmas Day (Sunday), when footfall is at its lowest, whereas the year before it began on Boxing Day.
In 1999, Jerry Brown became the mayor of Oakland and used this position to springboard back into the California Governor’s Mansion.
Common combinations with springboard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as springboard 37×
- springboard to 28×
- springboard for 27×
- the springboard 14×
- hit springboard 13×
- springboard moonsault 12×
- with springboard 11×
- springboard and 10×
- and springboard 8×
- springboard into 8×