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noun
- 1. a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room: "he stood on the threshold of Sheila's bedroom" Similar
- 2. the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested: "nothing happens until the signal passes the threshold"
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the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen: I have a low /high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily). He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. on the threshold of something.
The meaning of THRESHOLD is the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : sill. How to use threshold in a sentence. Did you know?
noun. the sill of a doorway. the entrance to a house or building. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. the point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to begin to produce an effect: the threshold of consciousness; a low threshold of pain. threshold.
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
A threshold is a point of departure or transition. Graduation can mark a threshold — when you graduate from circus school, you're standing at the threshold of your new career as a trapeze artist. Another kind of threshold is a limit or boundary.
Definition of threshold noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the level at which something starts to happen: He had a low boredom threshold. on the threshold of sth. at the start of a new and important time or development: We're on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
Threshold definition: A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
1. A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill. 2. Either end of an airport runway. 3. The place or point of beginning; the outset: on the threshold of a new era. 4. The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response: a low threshold of pain.
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
