Definition of 'gate'
Word forms: plural gates
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
3. countable noun
Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a gate into a city.
4. countable noun
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Word Frequency
gate in British English 1
noun
5.
a.
6.
passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 14
8. electronics
a.
9.
the electrode region or regions in a field-effect transistor that is biased to control the conductivity of the channel between the source and drain
10.
a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens
13.
verb (transitive)
14.
to provide with a gate or gates
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Derived forms
gateless (ˈgateless) adjective
gatelike (ˈgateˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English geat; related to Old Frisian jet opening, Old Norse gat opening, passage
Word Frequency
gate in British English 2
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Word origin
C17: probably related to Old English gyte a pouring out, geotan to pour
Word Frequency
gate in British English 3
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Word origin
C13: from Old Norse gata path; related to Old High German gazza road, street
Word Frequency
-gate in British English
combining form in countable noun
Irangate
Camillagate
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Word origin
C20: on the analogy of WatergateWord Frequency
gate in American English 1
noun
1.
2.
an opening providing passageway through a fence or wall, with or without such a structure; gateway
3.
any means of entrance, exit, or access, as any of the numbered exits at an airport
terminal
4.
a mountain pass
7. US
a frame in which a saw or saws are set
9.
a.
b.
10. Electricity
a.
b.
an electrode in some semiconductors, esp. an FET, that controls the flow of current
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgated or ˈgating
Idioms:
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Word origin
ME < OE gatu, pl. of geat, a gate, akin to OFris jet, Du & ON gat, opening
Word Frequency
gate in American English 2
noun
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Word Frequency
gate in American English 3
noun Dialectal
1.
a road or path
2.
a way of doing something
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Word Frequency
-gate in American English
US
a scandal characterized by charges of corruption or illegal acts carried out, usually in a covert manner, by people with power or influence
Koreagate
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Word origin
< WatergateWord Frequency
-gate in American English
combining form
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British English: gate
/ɡeɪt/ NOUN
A gate is a structure like a door that you use to enter a field, a garden, or the area around a building.
He opened the gate and walked up to the house.
- American English: gate /ˈgeɪt/
- Arabic: بوَّابَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: portão
- Chinese: 大门
- Croatian: ulazna vrata
- Czech: brána
- Danish: port
- Dutch: hek
- European Spanish: puerta valla
- Finnish: portti
- French: portail
- German: Tor
- Greek: πύλη
- Italian: cancello
- Japanese: 門
- Korean: 문
- Norwegian: port
- Polish: brama
- European Portuguese: portão
- Romanian: poartă
- Russian: ворота
- Latin American Spanish: puerta
- Swedish: grind
- Thai: ประตูรั้ว
- Turkish: kapı
- Ukrainian: ворота
- Vietnamese: cổng
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