Meaning

8 senses

  1. The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

    Near-synonym: doorstep

    Schwelle, Türschwelle

    поро́гporóg

    порі́гporíh

  2. (broadly)An entrance; the door or gate of a house.

    Türschwelle, Schwelle

  3. (broadly)Any end or boundary.

    a region marking a boundary

  4. (figuratively)The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.

    on the threshold of maturity

    Ausgangspunkt, Beginn, Anfang

    преддве́риеpreddvérije, нача́лоnačálo

  5. The start of the landing area of a runway.

    Landeschwelle

  6. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

    Schwelle

    поро́гporóg

  7. The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.

    поро́гporóg

  8. The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.

Examples

28 sentences

  1. Tom carried Mary across the threshold.

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  2. Tom has a high threshold for pain.

    ruУ Тома высокий болевой порог.

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  3. I have a high threshold for pain.

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  4. Tom stepped over the threshold.

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  5. Gaza has passed the unlivability threshold.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bottom-most part of a doorway:
Русский
By meaning 2
bottom-most part of a doorway:
outset of an action or project:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
bottom-most part of a doorway:
outset of an action or project:
start of the landing area:

Origin

From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwol

From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh, (originally) to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”).

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Forms

plural: thresholds
Singularthreshold
Pluralthresholds

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
doorwayB2doorsilldoorstepportal
Close in meaning
  • the smallest detectable sensation:limen
  • a region marking a boundary:brinkverge
  • the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway:doorsilldoorstep
  • the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close:doorwaydoorroom access

Antonyms

1 antonyms
bottom-most part of a doorway:lintel

Word family

22 related words
Derivedabsolute thresholdbithresholdcycle thresholdelection thresholdepidemic thresholdinfrathresholdpain thresholdperithresholdphotothresholdstereothresholdsubthresholdsuperthresholdsuprathresholdthresholdedthreshold effectthresholderthreshold potentialthreshold workerunderthresholdthresholdingthresholdlessthresholdlike

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
threeA1threesomethreshthricethriftthrifty
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