Mary always thought she heard her mother calling her during that liminal moment between waking and falling asleep.
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Liminal
//ˈlɪmən(ə)l//
Synonyms for "liminal" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
Adjective(4 words)
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14 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- overgangs adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Galician
2 entries- limiar adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
- limiar adj (pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process)
German
1 entries- Schwell adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Greek
2 entries- μεθοριακός adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
- μεταιχμιακός adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Indonesian
2 entries- ambang batas adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
- tingkat awal adj (pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process)
Irish
1 entries- tairseachúil adj (pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process)
Italian
1 entries- liminare adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Macedonian
2 entries- по́четен adj (pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process)
- пре́оден adj (pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process)
Portuguese
1 entries- limiar adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Russian
1 entries- поро́говый adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Spanish
2 entries- liminal adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
- liminar adj (pertaining to an entrance or threshold)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
[W]ith the utmost strictness, we excommunicate digamists, as bringing infamy upon the Paraclete by the irregularity of their discipline. The selfsame liminal limit we fix for adulterers also and fornicators; dooming them to pour forth tears barren of peace, and to regain from the church no ampler return than the publication of their disgrace.
Source: wiktionary
There is a reminiscence, which comes and goes, of Mexican words, of Mexican turns of speech and puns. It is a murmur that wanders in the liminal part of his soul, but the writer [Ramón del Valle-Inclán] lets it be felt with full consciousness of what he is doing.
Source: wiktionary
[S]paces such as the threshold of a door are "liminal," lying between otherwise defined areas without belonging to either of them. All over the world, […] liminal situations are associated with demons.
Source: wiktionary
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