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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thresh•old /ˈθrɛʃoʊld, ˈθrɛʃhoʊld/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildingthe bottom part of a doorway.
- Buildingthe entrance to a house or building:They waved good-bye from the threshold.
- any point of beginning:He was on the threshold of a new career.
- Physiology, Psychologythe point at which something begins to take effect:Her dream was hovering on the threshold of consciousness. He has a low threshold of pain.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thresh•old (thresh′ōld, thresh′hōld),USA pronunciation n. - Buildingthe sill of a doorway.
- Buildingthe entrance to a house or building.
- any place or point of entering or beginning:the threshold of a new career.
- Physiology, PsychologyAlso called limen. [Psychol., Physiol.] 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.
- bef. 900; Middle English threschold, Old English threscold, threscwald; cognate with Old Norse threskǫldr, dialect, dialectal Swedish träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense "trample, tread''; -old, -wald unexplained
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: threshold /ˈθrɛʃəʊld; ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld/ n - Also called: doorsill a sill, esp one made of stone or hardwood, placed at a doorway
- any doorway or entrance
- the starting point of an experience, event, or venture
- the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived: the threshold of consciousness
- a level or point at which something would happen, would cease to happen, or would take effect, become true, etc
- (as modifier): threshold price, threshold effect
- the minimum intensity or value of a signal, etc, that will produce a response or specified effect
- (modifier) designating or relating to a pay agreement, clause, etc, that raises wages to compensate for increases in the cost of living
Related adjective(s): liminal Etymology: Old English therscold; related to Old Norse threskoldr, Old High German driscubli, Old Swedish thriskuldi |