threshold
thresh|old /θr'eʃhoʊld/ (thresholds)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.
He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n, n N
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity...
Fewer than forty per cent voted-the threshold for results to be valid.
3 [PHRASE] PHR n/-ing
If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself.
He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n, n N
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity...
Fewer than forty per cent voted-the threshold for results to be valid.
3 [PHRASE] PHR n/-ing
If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.