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thresholds

noun

Meaning

  1. The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
  2. (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
  3. (by extension) Any end or boundary.
  4. The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
  5. The start of the landing area of a runway.
  6. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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