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Another word for threshold

threshold Synonyms

threshold

n.

An entrance
sill, doorsill, vestibule, gate, door, groundsel; see also entrance 1.
A beginning
inception, outset, start; see origin 1.

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Another word for threshold

noun

A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur:

borderline, brink, edge, point, verge. See edge

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You know when you cross that threshold, there's no going back.
He stopped at the threshold and asked in Russian whether Drubetskoy lived there.
Crossing the threshold into the bathroom, she paused to look at herself in the mirror with a grimace.
As he passes the threshold his future mother-in-law meets him with a tray filled with fruits and rice, which she strews at his feet.
If from habit and tradition he respects a stranger within his threshold, he yet considers it legitimate to warn a neighbour of the prey that is afoot, or even to overtake and plunder his guest after he has quitted his roof.

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