threshold
[noun]
Synonyms:
- entrance, door, doorstep, doorway
- start, beginning, brink, dawn, inception, opening, outset, verge
- minimum, lower limit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

thresh‧old /ˈθreʃhəʊld, -ʃəʊld $ -oʊld/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: threscwald]

1. the entrance to a room or building, or the area of floor or ground at the entrance:
She opened the door and stepped across the threshold.

2. the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect:
Eighty percent of the vote was the threshold for approval of the plan.
a high/low pain/boredom etc threshold (=the ability or inability to suffer a lot of pain or boredom before you react to it)

3. at the beginning of a new and important event or development Synonym : brink
be on the threshold of something
The creature is on the threshold of extinction.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

threshold
noun
I. doorway
VERB + THRESHOLD cross
PREP. across/over the ~ He hesitated before stepping across the threshold.
on the ~ She stood on the threshold, unsure whether to enter.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

threshold
II. level
ADJ. high, low | maximum, minimum | critical | earnings, tax | boredom, pain She has an extremely low boredom threshold.
VERB + THRESHOLD have | reach The number of people with the disease is reaching a critical threshold.
cross, exceed | set They earn wages below the decency threshold set by the EU.
raise | lower
THRESHOLD + NOUN level, value Below a certain threshold level a person will not be able to detect sound.
PREP. above/below a/the ~ Her wages are below the income tax threshold.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

threshold

sb’s pain threshold (=your ability or inability to deal with pain)
‘Will it hurt?’ ‘That all depends on your pain threshold.’
sb’s boredom threshold (=whether you do or do not get bored easily)
She loves challenges and admits she has a low boredom threshold.
a tax threshold
The Conservatives promised to help the lower paid by increasing the tax threshold.
a high threshold
Professional football players have a pretty high pain threshold.
a low threshold
I know that young children have very low boredom threshold.
exceed a threshold
The value of many family homes far exceeds the inheritance tax threshold.
lower a threshold
the demand to lower the retirement threshold to 60
raise a threshold
They should raise the threshold to at least £245 a week.
cross the threshold
Such a person has sufficiently crossed the threshold of criminality to justify punishment.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲