Definition of 'gate'
Word forms: gates
1. countable noun
A gate is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or
the grounds of a building.
2. countable noun
In an airport, a gate is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their airplane.
3. uncountable noun
The gate is the total amount of money that is paid by the people who go to a sports match or other event.
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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
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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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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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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
- Spanish: puerta
- Swedish: grind
- Thai: ประตูรั้ว
- Turkish: kapı
- Ukrainian: ворота
- Vietnamese: cổng
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