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threshold
English
Etymology
From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þres?old, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þresk?þlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskan?, *þreskwan? (“to thresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???e?(h)??ld/
- (US) IPA(key): /?????(h)o?ld/
Noun
threshold (plural thresholds)
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- (by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- (by extension) Any end or boundary.
- (figuratively) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi:
- I arrived at last, did obeisance to my uncle, and told him everything. He thought it over and said: ' […] At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.'
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi:
- (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.
- The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
Derived terms
- thresholding
- thresholdless
- thresholdlike
(Expressions:)
- displaced threshold
- Micawber threshold
- threshold braking
- threshold effect
- threshold potential
- threshold worker
Antonyms
- (bottom-most part of a doorway): lintel
Translations
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foundation
English
Etymology
From Latin fund?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fa?n?de???n/, [fa??n?de???n?]
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
foundation (countable and uncountable, plural foundations)
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- Synonym: establishment
- Antonyms: abolition, dissolution, ruination
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- Synonyms: groundwork, basis
- (figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- Synonyms: groundwork, platform, stage
- 2006, K P Yadav, Economic Planning And Restructuring, Sarup & Sons ?ISBN, page 44
- The implication is that the Gandhian model of growth is possible, now that Nehru's investment strategy had already laid a strong foundation for economic growth.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- Synonyms: base, groundwall
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- foundation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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