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 …

Idiom on the threshold of something (Definition of threshold from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

THRESHOLD meaning: 1 : a piece of wood, metal, or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building; 2 : the point or level at which something …

A threshold takes you from one place into another, and when you're about to start something new, you're also on a threshold. A threshold is a point of departure or transition.

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

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.

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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 …

Synonyms for THRESHOLD: verge, brink, edge, cusp, point, nick, beginning, start; Antonyms of THRESHOLD: end, close, conclusion, period, ending, completion, closing, termination

THRESHOLD definition: 1. the level at which something starts to happen: 2. at the start of a new and important time or…. Learn more.