Point Of Departure (Noun)
Meaning 1
A beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "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".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The students' point of departure for their research was a study published in a prestigious journal last year.
- The company's point of departure for its new marketing strategy was the feedback received from its loyal customers.
- The artist's point of departure for her latest sculpture was a combination of her own experiences and observations of nature.
- The researchers' point of departure for their investigation was a hypothesis that had been proposed but not yet tested.
- The point of departure for the new policy was the data collected from the previous year's survey.
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Meaning 2
A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "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".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.