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- Dictionarythresh·old/ˈTHreSHˌ(h)ōld/
noun
- 1. a strip of wood, metal, 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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: a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not.
THRESHOLD definition: 1. the floor of an entrance to a building or room 2. the level or point at which you start to…. Learn more.
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. / ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld; ˈθrɛʃəʊld / noun.
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.
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
Threshold definition: A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
Definition of threshold noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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 $500 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. on the threshold of something.
THRESHOLD meaning: 1 : a piece of wood, metal, or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building; 2 : the point or level at which something begins or changes.
