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      • A signal from a mysterious craft terrorizes the crew of a U.S. Navy cargo freighter.
      • A signal from a mysterious craft terrorizes the crew of a U.S. Navy cargo freighter.
      • When a man is killed at a restaurant, Molly suspects a group of military cadets.
  2. a. : the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced. has a high threshold for pain. b. : a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not.

  3. the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen: I have a low /high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily). He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Range and limits.

  4. noun. the sill of a doorway. the entrance to a house or building. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. the point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to begin to produce an effect: the threshold of consciousness; a low threshold of pain. threshold.

  5. A threshold is a point of departure or transition. Graduation can mark a threshold — when you graduate from circus school, you're standing at the threshold of your new career as a trapeze artist. Another kind of threshold is a limit or boundary.

  6. the level at which something starts to happen: He had a low boredom threshold. on the threshold of sth. at the start of a new and important time or development: We're on the threshold of a new era in European relations.

  7. the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect. He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily). I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react). My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax).

  8. 3 days ago · A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.

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