Definitions for threshold
ˈθrɛʃ oʊld, ˈθrɛʃ hoʊldthresh·old

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. threshold(noun)

   the starting point for a new state or experience

   "on the threshold of manhood"

2. threshold, limen(noun)

   the smallest detectable sensation

3. doorway, door, room access, threshold(noun)

   the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

   "he stuck his head in the doorway"

4. doorsill, doorstep, threshold(noun)

   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

5. brink, threshold, verge(noun)

   a region marking a boundary

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. threshold(Noun)

   The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

2. threshold(Noun)

   An entrance

3. threshold(Noun)

   The start of the landing area of a runway

4. threshold(Noun)

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

5. threshold(Noun)

   The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due

6. threshold(Noun)

   The outset of an action or project

7. threshold(Noun)

   The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.

8. threshold(Noun)

   The point of beginning or entry

   From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.

Origin: From þrescold, from þrescan

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Threshold(noun)

   the plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door

2. Threshold(noun)

   fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Threshold

   Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Threshold

   thresh′ōld, n. a piece of wood or stone under the door of a house: door: entrance: the place or point of entering. [M. E. threshwold—A.S. therscwald—therscan, to thresh, wald, wood.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. threshold

   The beginning of that portion of the runway usable for landing.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. threshold

   A starting point for a different state or experience to be created.

   The threshold was easily achieved to ensure the grant was able to be applied for.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 24, 2019  

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'threshold' in Nouns Frequency: #2777

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of threshold in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of threshold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of threshold in a Sentence

1. Jiyoung Ahn:

   We did not find a specific threshold level.

2. Ma Hangzhong:

   The industry has a very low entry threshold.

3. Barnaby Furnas:

   It lowers the risk threshold for individual mark making.

4. Vikrant Parsai:

   Education begins within the threshold of one’s own house.

5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   We already know (any deal) leaves Iran as a threshold nuclear state.

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