Threshold
noun
The entrance or start of something.
He crossed the threshold into the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- enter the threshold
- cross the threshold
noun
The level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which it starts to happen or change.
I have a low threshold for pain.
Often appears as...
- high threshold
- low threshold
noun
The level or limit at which you start to experience something harmful or undesirable.
The threshold of toxicity for this drug is easily reached.
Often appears as...
- threshold of toxicity
- threshold level
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Technical
noun
The minimum amount, rate, or value required for a particular action or event to occur or be attained.
The company has a threshold of $500 for free shipping.
Often appears as...
- achievement threshold
- threshold amount
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Academic
noun
A strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
He tripped over the threshold as he was entering the room.
Often appears as...
- wooden threshold
- stone threshold
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Technical
noun
The entrance or start of something.
He crossed the threshold into the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- enter the threshold
- cross the threshold
noun
The level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which it starts to happen or change.
I have a low threshold for pain.
Often appears as...
- high threshold
- low threshold
noun
The level or limit at which you start to experience something harmful or undesirable.
The threshold of toxicity for this drug is easily reached.
Often appears as...
- threshold of toxicity
- threshold level
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The minimum amount, rate, or value required for a particular action or event to occur or be attained.
The company has a threshold of $500 for free shipping.
Often appears as...
- achievement threshold
- threshold amount
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
He tripped over the threshold as he was entering the room.
Often appears as...
- wooden threshold
- stone threshold
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Entry
Often used metaphorically to refer to the start of a new experience or phase.
She's on the threshold of a brilliant career.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Steps
Can carry emotional weight, suggesting a significant change or commitment.
Crossing the threshold of marriage is a life-changing event.
Pro Tip 3/3Entering New
Implies entering a place or situation different from the current one.
With his first step, he crossed the threshold into adulthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Entry
Often used metaphorically to refer to the start of a new experience or phase.
She's on the threshold of a brilliant career.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Steps
Can carry emotional weight, suggesting a significant change or commitment.
Crossing the threshold of marriage is a life-changing event.
Pro Tip 3/3Entering New
Implies entering a place or situation different from the current one.
With his first step, he crossed the threshold into adulthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Entry
Often used metaphorically to refer to the start of a new experience or phase.
She's on the threshold of a brilliant career.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Steps
Can carry emotional weight, suggesting a significant change or commitment.
Crossing the threshold of marriage is a life-changing event.
Pro Tip 3/3Entering New
Implies entering a place or situation different from the current one.
With his first step, he crossed the threshold into adulthood.
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Why is it so hard to...
meaning that only people who fall below a certain income level are eligible for benefits. This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most. But it also means people lose access as soon as they earn more than the qualification threshold, regardless of whether or not they're financially stable enough to stay there.
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Gaming can make a better...
It was almost beyond the threshold of imagination, and when you get there, you're shocked to discover what you're truly capable of. That's an epic win. This is a gamer on the verge of an epic win. And this is the face that we need to see on millions of problem-solvers all over the world
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The history of our world...
you can get slightly more complex things. And in this way, complexity builds stage by stage. Each stage is magical because it creates the impression of something utterly new appearing almost out of nowhere in the universe. We refer in big history to these moments as threshold moments.
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Is It Possible to Run a...
thin these runners are boosting their red blood cell production which allows the blood to carry more oxygen so they can run farther without losing their breath lactate threshold is a fancy way of describing the point at which muscles begin to fatigue and fail resistance and
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Finding the transformativ...
for something right in between when something turns into another this magical moment of transformation you know and you're enjoying the crossing of this threshold that separates the world of things that you can understand and know from the world of things that you
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Is war between China and...
And China's president has promised that within the next three years, those last tens of millions will have been raised up above that threshold. So it's a miracle, actually, in our lifetime. Hard to believe. But brute facts are even harder to ignore.
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What makes a hero? -...
Call to Adventure. The hero receives a mysterious message. An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home,
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The science of skin...
adapted to have a higher melanin production threshold and more eumelanin, giving skin a darker tone. This built-in sun shield helped protect them from melanoma, likely making them evolutionarily fitter
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How transistors work -...
It only conducts electricity when a voltage exceeding a certain threshold is applied. Otherwise, it remains switched off. In this way, small variations in the input voltage
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Mystery of Elephant...
below our hearing threshold we can't hear it but we can certainly see it as air inside the van vibrates with sound energy
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Why is it so hard to...
meaning that only people who fall below a certain income level are eligible for benefits. This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most. But it also means people lose access as soon as they earn more than the qualification threshold, regardless of whether or not they're financially stable enough to stay there.
Video examples
Gaming can make a better...
It was almost beyond the threshold of imagination, and when you get there, you're shocked to discover what you're truly capable of. That's an epic win. This is a gamer on the verge of an epic win. And this is the face that we need to see on millions of problem-solvers all over the world
Video examples
The history of our world...
you can get slightly more complex things. And in this way, complexity builds stage by stage. Each stage is magical because it creates the impression of something utterly new appearing almost out of nowhere in the universe. We refer in big history to these moments as threshold moments.
Video examples
Is It Possible to Run a...
thin these runners are boosting their red blood cell production which allows the blood to carry more oxygen so they can run farther without losing their breath lactate threshold is a fancy way of describing the point at which muscles begin to fatigue and fail resistance and
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
for something right in between when something turns into another this magical moment of transformation you know and you're enjoying the crossing of this threshold that separates the world of things that you can understand and know from the world of things that you
Video examples
Is war between China and...
And China's president has promised that within the next three years, those last tens of millions will have been raised up above that threshold. So it's a miracle, actually, in our lifetime. Hard to believe. But brute facts are even harder to ignore.
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
Call to Adventure. The hero receives a mysterious message. An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home,
Video examples
The science of skin...
adapted to have a higher melanin production threshold and more eumelanin, giving skin a darker tone. This built-in sun shield helped protect them from melanoma, likely making them evolutionarily fitter
Video examples
How transistors work -...
It only conducts electricity when a voltage exceeding a certain threshold is applied. Otherwise, it remains switched off. In this way, small variations in the input voltage
Video examples
Mystery of Elephant...
below our hearing threshold we can't hear it but we can certainly see it as air inside the van vibrates with sound energy
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Ted Deutch
American Politician
After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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Neneh Cherry
Swedish Musician
You come to these thresholds in your life where you need to remember why you do what you do, to reconnect with yourself. When I look back at something like 'Raw Like Sushi,' I think I was very much in the right place at the right time.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.
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Nick Flynn
American Writer
I'd always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold.
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Joy Page
American Actress
After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
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Ted Deutch
American Politician
After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
Quote examples
Neneh Cherry
Swedish Musician
You come to these thresholds in your life where you need to remember why you do what you do, to reconnect with yourself. When I look back at something like 'Raw Like Sushi,' I think I was very much in the right place at the right time.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.
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Nick Flynn
American Writer
I'd always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold.
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Joy Page
American Actress
After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see.
Quote examples
Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
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