Threshold - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈθreʃhəʊld|
Brit.
|ˈθreʃəʊld|
noun
- the starting point for a new state or experience
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close (syn: door, doorway)
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway (syn: doorstep)
- a region marking a boundary (syn: brink, verge)
on the threshold of manhood
- the smallest detectable sensation- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close (syn: door, doorway)
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway (syn: doorstep)
- a region marking a boundary (syn: brink, verge)
Extra examples
He stepped across the threshold.
If your income rises above a certain threshold, your tax rate also rises.
On what is known as the threshold of England, the Sussex coast.
She opened the door and stepped across the threshold.
Eighty percent of the vote was the threshold for approval of the plan.
The creature is on the threshold of extinction.
She stopped short on the threshold with surprise.
Word forms
noun
singular: threshold
plural: thresholds
singular: threshold
plural: thresholds
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