threshold

threshold
noun
1 doorway
VERB + THRESHOLD
cross
PREPOSITION
across the threshold, over the threshold

He hesitated before stepping across the threshold.

on the threshold

She stood on the threshold, unsure whether to enter.

2 level
ADJECTIVE
high, low
maximum, minimum
critical
poverty
tax (esp. BrE)
boredom (esp. BrE), pain

He has an extremely low pain threshold.

VERB + THRESHOLD
have
reach

The number of people with the disease is reaching a critical threshold.

meet
cross, exceed
determine, set

They earn wages below the threshold set by the government.

raise
lower
THRESHOLD + NOUN
level, value

Below a certain threshold level a person will not be able to detect sound.

PREPOSITION
above a/the threshold, below a/the threshold

Her wages are below the income tax threshold.


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  • threshold — [thresh′ōld΄, thresh′hōld΄] n. [ME threschwold < OE therscwold (akin to ON threskǫlder) < base of therscan (see THRASH) + ?] 1. DOORSILL 2. the entrance or beginning point of something [at the threshold of a new career] 3. Physiol. Psychol …   English World dictionary

  • Threshold — Thresh old, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS. [thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold, [thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj[ o]de, [thorn]r[ o]skuldr, Sw. tr[ o]skel, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • threshold — O.E. þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold doorsill, point of entering, first element related to O.E. þrescan (see THRESH (Cf. thresh)), with its original sense of tread, trample. Second element of unknown origin and much transformed in all the Germanic… …   Etymology dictionary

  • threshold — threshold. См. порог. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Threshold —   [englisch, θreʃəʊld; wörtlich »Schwelle«], an bestimmten Effektgeräten (Flanger, Limiter, Noisegate u. a.) einstellbarer Pegel (Schwellwert), bei dessen Erreichen der beabsichtigte Effekt ausgelöst wird …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • threshold — is spelt with one h (contrast withhold), and the h is optionally silent or aspirated in speech …   Modern English usage

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