Threshold - Vocabulary and Definitions

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Threshold - Definition 1

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The sill of a doorway.

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Threshold - Definition 2

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The entrance to a house or building.

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Threshold - Definition 3

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Any place or point of entering or beginning.

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Threshold - Definition 4

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The point of intensity where something begins to produce an effect.

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Threshold - Example

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A low threshold of pain.

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Threshold - Synonyms

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Brink, Verge

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Threshold - Antonyms

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Middle

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Threshold - Usage in a Sentence

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She stood nervously on the threshold, unsure whether to enter.

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Threshold - Related Phrase

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Crossing the threshold

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Threshold - Etymology

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From Old English 'þrescold', meaning the sill of a doorway.