{"def":{"short":"a starting-point, i.e., (figuratively) an opportunity","long":["a place from which a movement or attack is made, a base of operations","metaphorically that by which endeavor is excited and from which it goes forth",["that which gives occasion and supplies matter for an undertaking, the incentive","the resources we avail ourselves of in attempting or performing anything"]]},"deriv":"from a compound of G0575 and G3729","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑ.forˈme","ipa_mod":"ɑ.fowrˈme̞","sbl":"aphormē","dic":"ah-fore-MAY","dic_mod":"ah-fore-MAY"},"see":["G0575","G3729"]}