THRESHOLD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of threshold in English

(Definition of threshold from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of threshold from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of threshold

threshold
Under the order, that threshold is lowered to $3,000.
No asset threshold was consulted for online-only banks.
He received 76 percent of the possible votes, just topping the required 75-percent threshold.
That's more than twice the.08 legal threshold for impaired driving.
If not, the company has to ensure the thresholds are the same for all series of preferred stock.
So no surprise to see aluminium has the highest threshold of 15,000 lots or 375,000 tonnes.
From Reuters
Thursday's change would have cut the support threshold to 70 percent, but the measure failed, as had been expected.
From Reuters
A threshold that didn't bother you before may bother you more.
Approximately 50 percent of production employees were in private offices, with square footage doled out based on title thresholds, he said.
And it goes on with differences in composition requirements, aggregate thresholds, and other characteristics.
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Collocations with threshold

threshold

These are words often used in combination with threshold.

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certain threshold
Type a (and c) can invade when inbreeding depression is below a certain threshold.
critical threshold
Conversely, some treatments have been adopted when the data in no study achieved this critical threshold.
income threshold
One way in which this could be accomplished is by raising the family income threshold when allocation to an individual woman is decided.
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Translations of threshold

in Chinese (Traditional)
入口, 門檻, 水準…
in Chinese (Simplified)
入口, 门槛, 水平…
in Spanish
umbral, umbral [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
soleira, tolerância, limite…
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पातळी…
eşik, giriş, ilk basamak…
seuil [masculine], seuil…
閾値(いきち)…
drempel, begin…
நீங்கள் எதையாவது அனுபவிக்கத் தொடங்கும் நிலை அல்லது புள்ளி அல்லது ஏதாவது நடக்கத் தொடங்கும் நிலை…
दहलीज़, देहरी सीमा-रेखा, आरंभ…
શરૂઆત, પ્રારંભિક મર્યાદા, સહ્યમાત્રા…
dørtin, tærskel, på tærsklen til…
tröskel…
bendul, ambang…
die Schwelle…
terskel [masculine], dørterskel, terskel…
دروازہ, دہلیز, آغاز…
поріг, початок, зоря…
порог, предел…
మీరు ఏదైనా అనుభవించడం ప్రారంభించే స్థాయి లేదా పాయింట్ నుంచి, లేదా ఏదైనా జరగడం ప్రారంభించిన దగ్గరనుంచి…
চৌকাঠ, সীমা…
práh…
ambang pintu, awal…
ธรณีประตู, จุดเริ่มต้น…
thềm cửa, sự bắt đầu…
próg…
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