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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. 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.

  3. threshold noun (LEVEL) C2 [ C usually singular ] 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 $500 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax.

  4. 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.

  5. 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). Extra Examples.

  6. 3 days ago · 1. countable noun. The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself. He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom. Synonyms: entrance, doorway, door, doorstep More Synonyms of threshold. 2. countable noun. A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale.

  7. THRESHOLD meaning: 1 : a piece of wood, metal, or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building; 2 : the point or level at which something begins or changes.

  8. 4 days ago · ( figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action . ( aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway. ( engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit. The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.

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