threshold

Definitions

1. The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
2. The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill
3. An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
   broadly
4. An entrance; the door or gate of a house
5. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur:borderline, brink, edge, point, verge.
6. Any end or boundary.
   broadly
7. Any end or boundary
8. A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
9. The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
   figuratively
10. The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action
11. Either end of an airport runway.
12. The start of the landing area of a runway.
13. The start of the landing area of a runway
14. The place or point of beginning; the outset: on the threshold of a new era.
15. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
16. The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response: a low threshold of pain.
17. The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
18. (Building) Also called: doorsill a sill, esp one made of stone or hardwood, placed at a doorway
19. The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.
20. any doorway or entrance
21. the starting point of an experience, event, or venture: on the threshold of manhood.
22. (Psychology) psychol the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived: the threshold of consciousness. Compare absolute threshold, difference threshold
    psychol
23. a level or point at which something would happen, would cease to happen, or would take effect, become true, etc

Equivalents

Examples

“Shy. You that did voide your rume vpon my beard, / And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre / Ouer your threſhold, […]”

“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.'”

“The first half of this century has been referred to as the golden age of medicine. To me it seems more probable that we are on the threshold of a much greater age.”

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