Meaning & use
thresholds
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The points or levels at which something begins, changes, or takes effect; the strips of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway.
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The new law raises the income threshold for the tax bracket.
She paused at the threshold before stepping inside the old house.
A note on using this word
The word derives from Old English 'threscold,' originally referring to the wooden sill worn down by treading at a doorway.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
In sensory science, the minimum level of stimulus intensity required to produce a detectable response.
Pain thresholds vary significantly from person to person.
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