threshold
About 14.20 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- noun An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- noun Any end or boundary.
- noun The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
on the threshold of maturity
- noun The start of the landing area of a runway.
- noun The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- noun The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
- noun The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.
Similar words
doorsill doorway doorstep door brink limen verge room access floor gateway
Often followed by
of for is and value level voltage to in
Word family
thresholds
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