Whenever you leave your home, walk from one room to another, or enter a building, you are crossing a threshold—that is, the horizontal floor piece that you cross over whenever you …

THRESHOLD definition: the sill of a doorway. See examples of threshold used in a sentence.

THRESHOLD definition: 1. the floor of an entrance to a building or room 2. the level or point at which you start to…. Learn more.

Definition of threshold noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.

Also called limen. 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.

any point of beginning: He was on the threshold of a new career. Physiology, Psychology the point at which something begins to take effect: Her dream was hovering on the threshold of …

6 days ago · threshold (plural thresholds) The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. synonyms Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep (by extension) An entrance; the door or …

There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun threshold, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

After a certain threshold (what the threshold is for a specific country varies) there are dramatic and lasting unemployment effects. Not all scientists agree this threshold is a sensible target for …