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How to pronounce threshold in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms doorsill, doorstep
Type of sill
Type Words
Synonyms door, doorway, room access
Type of entrance, entryway, entry, entree, entranceway
Has types exterior door, outside door
Type Words
Synonyms limen
Type of aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
Has types difference threshold, difference limen, differential threshold, differential limen, absolute threshold
Type Words
Synonyms brink, verge
Type of bound, edge, boundary
Type Words
Type of showtime, start, first, get-go, offset, kickoff, outset, commencement, starting time, beginning


on the threshold of manhood.

Examples of threshold

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Determine what your threshold is and what your ideal time usage would look like.
From the sacbee.com
They remain below the threshold required by law, but they have not deteriorated.
From the washingtonpost.com
Why do we lose so many young people when they are on the threshold of adulthood?
From the abcnews.go.com
The threshold frequency, separating deficit and surplus, corresponds to 217 GHz.
From the sciencedaily.com
Penalties, disgorgement and interest paid count toward the $1 million threshold.
From the forbes.com
If you can bear to watch this trailer then your boredom threshold is astounding.
From the hecklerspray.com
It's hard to accumulate the proof that meets any sort of journalistic threshold.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Articles that don't meet this threshold are placed in a third, neutral category.
From the newscientist.com
Subliminal means that the effect functions below the threshold of consciousness.
From the theepochtimes.com
More examples
  • The starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
  • The smallest detectable sensation
  • Doorway: the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway"
  • Doorsill: the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
  • Brink: a region marking a boundary
  • Threshold is a 1981 drama/science fiction film directed by Richard Pearce. It starred Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. The film was nominated for eight Genie Awards in 1983 and won three of them. ...
  • Threshold is a 2003 Sci Fi Pictures original film adaptation of the 1958 black and white science fiction film It! The Terror from Beyond Space (directed by Edward L. Cahn). ...
  • Threshold is the sixth studio album by the Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall. It was released on October 20, 2006 in Europe and October 31, 2006 in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the Swedish charts, staying on the chart for a total of eight weeks. ...
  • Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.