threshold
C1UK /ˈθreʃhəʊld/US /ˈθreʃhəʊld/
Meaning
noun
the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room
“He stepped across the threshold.”
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“EM: Really, like the critical threshold is if the ships from Earth stop coming”
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“And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called real life, I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.”
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