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thresholds

thresholds is the plural of threshold.

Meaning of threshold

Noun

threshold (plural thresholds)

  1. The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
    • Near-synonym: doorstep
    Synonyms:
    doorsill, doorstep
  2. (broadly) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
    • Shy. You that did voide your rume vpon my beard, / And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre / Ouer your threſhold, […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    doorway, portal
  3. (broadly) Any end or boundary.
  4. (figuratively) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
    • on the threshold of maturity
  5. The start of the landing area of a runway.
  6. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

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Phrases with thresholds

Questions about thresholds

What is thresholds the plural of?
Thresholds is the plural of threshold.

Words near thresholds in the dictionary

  1. thresholder
  2. thresholders
  3. thresholding
  4. thresholdless
  5. thresholdlike
  6. thresholds
  7. threskiornithid
  8. threskiornithids
  9. threstle
  10. threstles
  11. thretteen

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