underthreshold
underthreshold · more underthreshold · most underthreshold
Positioned below a thresholdPositioned below a threshold.
Meaning
2 sensesPositioned below a threshold.
Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.
Origin
From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literalFrom under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.
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Forms
more underthreshold, most underthreshold| Comparative | more underthreshold Lesson |
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| Superlative | most underthreshold Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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