Question 1 · Quick check
threshold
CEFRB2
/ˈθɹeʃəʊld/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The entrance or starting point of something.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAn entrance; the door or gate of a house.
Examples
In a few seconds I would have overcome the desperation threshold.
When the input exceeds a certain threshold, an output signal is instantaneously released.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 2
Also pronounced
- [ˈθɹɛʃˌhɒʊɫd]
- /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny end or boundary.
The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
The start of the landing area of a runway.
More examples
In contextHis pain exceeded every threshold.
on the threshold of maturity
I arrived at last, did obeisance to my uncle, and told him everything. He thought it over and said: ' […] At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's perm...
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Origin
noun
From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh, (originally) to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Norwegian terskel (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”). Pronunciations such as “thresh-hold” are un-etymological and result from analogy with hold.