Word Finder - threshold

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

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(by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.

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(by extension) Any end or boundary.

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The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.

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The start of the landing area of a runway.

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

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The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.

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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.

You know when you cross that threshold, there's no going back.

He stopped at the threshold and asked in Russian whether Drubetskoy lived there.

Crossing the threshold into the bathroom, she paused to look at herself in the mirror with a grimace.

The Porte de France is the threshold of the ancient city.

As he passes the threshold his future mother-in-law meets him with a tray filled with fruits and rice, which she strews at his feet.

On the threshold of old age the philosopher cast a glance at the days of his childhood.

If from habit and tradition he respects a stranger within his threshold, he yet considers it legitimate to warn a neighbour of the prey that is afoot, or even to overtake and plunder his guest after he has quitted his roof.

I want to cross the threshold of every home.

In the same and the following years he published a collected edition of his Plays for an Irish Theatre, comprising Where There is Nothing, The HourGlass, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth, The King's Threshold and On Baile's Strand.

He'll carry you over the threshold and pretend to fall to the floor.

You also have to have a high threshold for discomfort.

Seventeen years later, his second son, Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam, was cut off like his brother at the very threshold of what might have been a great career.

Every morning on the threshold of sleep and wake, she sneezes violently.

At the very threshold of the .Czech renaissance men of science were among the first pioneers of national thought, as for example Dobrovsky the philologist, and in the ensuing generation Purkyne (Purkinje) the physiologist, and Palacky the greatest of Czech historians.

Replace the threshold or block the drafts with a rolled-up towel.

However, if the temperature exceeds a certain threshold, the plants shrivel and die.

Different people can tolerate different amounts of itching, and the threshold of tolerance can change due to stress, emotions, and other factors.

When evaluating infants, rather than testing of threshold levels, the examiner establishes the minimum response level at which the child responds to auditory stimuli.

Standing within the threshold of the middle ages, he surveyed the kingdom of the modern spirit, and, by his own inexhaustible industry in the field of scholarship and study, he determined what we call the revival of learning.

He had hoped to take the babe in his arms for the last time before he went, but now he stood for a few moments irresolute on the threshold looking at them.

Hate mongers often begin by identifying the public 's tolerance threshold.

Pure tone threshold audiometry to evaluate hearing in children who are able to co-operate.

This circuit has a level control and peak display indicator, a variable trigger threshold and trigger indication.

The annual turnover threshold of £ 1 million does not have to come entirely from construction work.

The ventilatory anaerobic threshold was markedly reduced in recipients compared to controls.

One is better served attempting to set a price threshold and then begin the search within that price range.

Once you hit the year threshold, go ahead and save for other things, or open up a 401K.

Read all of your 401K statements and take note of your pain threshold.

In general, the smaller the child, the lower the threshold should be for healthcare intervention if dehydration is suspected.

Children with atopic dermatitis often have a lowered threshold of sensitivity to itching, which means that they feel itching sensations more intensely than children without the disorder.

This unusual behavior may be due to a reduced pain threshold.

She opened the door and stepped across the threshold and onto the cold, damp earthen floor of the passage.

You might need a different threshold option if the laminate adds more height than the previous flooring.

These programs are available to senior citizens, whose income falls below a certain threshold, to pay a reduced amount of taxes.

In some states, the programs are only available to those seniors whose income falls below a certain threshold.

The right gift means it will be appropriate and pleasing to the one who receives it and will add to the memorable experience of saying good-bye to the workplace and crossing the threshold into the life of retirement.

If you have smaller facial features, this will be a better match for you than the Threshold.

Everyone in the Empire was confused because their existence was now on a deadly threshold of extinction.

Through the headphones or earpiece pure sounds in both frequency and intensity are transmitted to the patient and the threshold at which the patient can hear for each frequency is established.

Research has also shown that these behaviorally inhibited children have a decreased threshold of excitability in the area of the brain called the amygdala.

The patient seems to develop a low threshold for anger and sadness.

Antiepileptic drugs act by either raising the seizure threshold or by limiting the spread of impulses from one nerve to another inside the brain.

Succinimides (ethosuximide, methsuximide, phensuximide) elevate the seizure threshold and make it harder for a nerve impulse to spread from one nerve to another.

Inscribed in the stone threshold are the words, "Inquire, Learn, Reflect."

If you are on a budget, look for stones just under the carat weight you would like, since crossing that threshold often significantly increases the price.

Even so, the amount is well under the recommended threshold of 10 milligrams a day for those with celiac disease.

But that debt threshold doesn't include other non-variable expenses, such as a car payment, student loans, medical bills, or mortgage.

People who are living on minimum wage and near the poverty threshold may need more help than a few free samples to get by.

In 2009, the poverty threshold for a single person was $10,830 per year.

It's true that the shoulder blades typically don't have much body fat to cushion the needle, and everyone has a different pain threshold.