threshold
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
threshold (plural thresholds)
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii], page 166 ↗, column Shy.}} You that did voide your rume vpon my beard, / And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre / Ouer your threſhold, {{...}:
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- (by extension) Any end or boundary.
- (figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi ↗:
- I arrived at last, did obeisance to my uncle, and told him everything. He thought it over and said: ' […] At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.'
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi ↗:
- The start of the landing area of a runway.
- (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
- The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
- thresholding
- thresholdless
- thresholdlike
- (bottom-most part of a doorway) lintel
- French: seuil
- German: Schwelle, Türschwelle
- Italian: soglia
- Portuguese: umbral, soleira, limiar
- Russian: поро́г
- Spanish: umbral
- Portuguese: cabeceira
- French: seuil
- German: Schwelle
- Italian: soglia
- Portuguese: limiar, umbral
- Russian: поро́г
- Spanish: umbral
- French: seuil
- Russian: преддве́рие
- French: seuil de tolérance
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