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(travel) Synonym of starting point / (formal, figuratively) of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to:

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point of departure

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point of departure

Noun

figuratively formal

(travel) Synonym of starting point / (formal, figuratively) of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to:

Japanese Meaning

出発点 / 起点 / 初期状況

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We chose the small coastal town as our point of departure for the island-hopping adventure.

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私たちはその小さな海辺の町を島めぐりの出発点として選んだ。

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(travel) Synonym of starting point

[…] the point of departure is Hong Kong International Airport.

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2021-01-17, Kathija Yassim, “An experiment in what school could be”, in Mail & Guardian:

[…] so “going back to the way things were” is not a useful point of departure.

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(toxicology) a dosage level at which additional administration of an agent significantly loses its efficacy

In toxicology, point of departure (POD) is defined as the point on a toxicological dose-response curve […] generally corresponding to an estimated low effect level or no effect level.

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points of departure

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