gate
gate
movable barrier; an opening permitting passage: You may buy your ticket at the gate.
Not to be confused with:
gait – manner of walking, stepping, or running; the ways a horse moves: The horse has a smooth gait.
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gate 1
(gāt)n.
1. A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway.
2.
a. An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit.
b. The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city.
3.
a. A doorway or walkway in a terminal, as at an airport, through which passengers proceed when embarking or disembarking.
b. A waiting area inside a terminal, abutting such a doorway or walkway.
4. A means of access: the gate to riches.
5. A mountain pass.
6. The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event: a good gate at the football game.
7. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.
8. The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold.
9. Sports A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race.
10. A logic gate.
tr.v. gat·ed, gat·ing, gates
1. Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment.
2. Electronics To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval.
3. To furnish with a gate: "The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated" (Dean Koontz).
get the gate Slang
To be dismissed or rejected.
give (someone) the gate Slang
1. To discharge from a job.
2. To reject or jilt.
[Middle English, from Old English geat.]
gate 2
(gāt)n. Archaic
1. A path or way.
2. A particular way of acting or doing; manner.
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gate
(ɡeɪt)n
1. (Building) a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc
2. an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place
3. any means of entrance or access
4. (Physical Geography) a mountain pass or gap, esp one providing entry into another country or region
5.
a. the number of people admitted to a sporting event or entertainment
b. the total entrance money received from them
6. (Aeronautics) (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft: passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 14.
7. (Horse Racing) horse racing short for starting gate
8. (Electronics) electronics
a. a logic circuit having one or more input terminals and one output terminal, the output being switched between two voltage levels determined by the combination of input signals
b. a circuit used in radar that allows only a fraction of the input signal to pass
9. (Electronics) 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. (Photography) a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens
11. (Automotive Engineering) a slotted metal frame that controls the positions of the gear lever in a motor vehicle
12. (Rowing) rowing a hinged clasp to prevent the oar from jumping out of a rowlock
13. (Mechanical Engineering) a frame surrounding the blade or blades of a saw
vb (tr)
14. to provide with a gate or gates
15. (Education) Brit to restrict (a student) to the school or college grounds as a punishment
16. (General Physics) to select (part of a waveform) in terms of amplitude or time
[Old English geat; related to Old Frisian jet opening, Old Norse gat opening, passage]
ˈgateless adj
ˈgateˌlike adj
gate
(ɡeɪt)n
1. (Metallurgy) the channels by which molten metal is poured into a mould
2. (Metallurgy) the metal that solidifies in such channels
[C17: probably related to Old English gyte a pouring out, geotan to pour]
gate
(ɡeɪt)n
1. a way, road, street, or path
2. a way or method of doing something
[C13: from Old Norse gata path; related to Old High German gazza road, street]
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gate1
(geɪt)n., v. gat•ed, gat•ing. n.
1. a movable barrier, usu. on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
2. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
3. a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.
4. any means of access or entrance: the gate to success.
5. a mountain pass.
6. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a railroad crossing.
8. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
9. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve.
10.
a. an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
b. the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
11. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
12. the total receipts from such admissions.
13. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
14. a circuit with one output that is actuated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.
15. the gate, rejection; dismissal: to give a boyfriend the gate.
v.t.16. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
17. to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate.
[before 900; Old English geat (pl. gatu), c. Old Frisian gat hole, Old Saxon: eye of a needle; compare gate2]
gate2
(geɪt)n.
Archaic. a path; way.
[1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse gata path]
-gate
a combining form extracted from Watergate, occurring as the final element in journalistic coinages, usu. nonce words, that name scandals resulting from concealed crime or other improprieties in government or business: Irangate.
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Gate
the number of people attending a sporting event, usually football matches, 1888.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
gate
Past participle: gated
Gerund: gating
| Imperative |
|---|
| gate |
| gate |
| Present |
|---|
| I gate |
| you gate |
| he/she/it gates |
| we gate |
| you gate |
| they gate |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I gated |
| you gated |
| he/she/it gated |
| we gated |
| you gated |
| they gated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am gating |
| you are gating |
| he/she/it is gating |
| we are gating |
| you are gating |
| they are gating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have gated |
| you have gated |
| he/she/it has gated |
| we have gated |
| you have gated |
| they have gated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was gating |
| you were gating |
| he/she/it was gating |
| we were gating |
| you were gating |
| they were gating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had gated |
| you had gated |
| he/she/it had gated |
| we had gated |
| you had gated |
| they had gated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will gate |
| you will gate |
| he/she/it will gate |
| we will gate |
| you will gate |
| they will gate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have gated |
| you will have gated |
| he/she/it will have gated |
| we will have gated |
| you will have gated |
| they will have gated |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be gating |
| you will be gating |
| he/she/it will be gating |
| we will be gating |
| you will be gating |
| they will be gating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been gating |
| you have been gating |
| he/she/it has been gating |
| we have been gating |
| you have been gating |
| they have been gating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been gating |
| you will have been gating |
| he/she/it will have been gating |
| we will have been gating |
| you will have been gating |
| they will have been gating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been gating |
| you had been gating |
| he/she/it had been gating |
| we had been gating |
| you had been gating |
| they had been gating |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would gate |
| you would gate |
| he/she/it would gate |
| we would gate |
| you would gate |
| they would gate |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have gated |
| you would have gated |
| he/she/it would have gated |
| we would have gated |
| you would have gated |
| they would have gated |
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gate
Arrangement of transistors that works on pulses travelling through a computer’s circuits.
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Translations
bránavratazávora
portlåge
بابدرب
porttipuomi
ulazna vrata
kapusorompó
hliî
門ゲート売上げ扉遮断機
문
porta
ateiti nekviestameiti nekviestamįeiti be bilietonekviestas svečiasvartų šulas
vārti
vráta
vrata
bomgrindport
ประตู
cổng
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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gate
n
→ Tor nt; (small, = garden gate) → Pforte f; (= five-barred gate) → Gatter nt; (in station) → Sperre f; (in airport) → Flugsteig m; (of level crossing) → Schranke f; (Sport: = starting gate) → Startmaschine f; (= sports ground entrance) → Einlass m, → Eingang m; to open/shut the gate(s) → das Tor etc öffnen/schließen; the gates of heaven → das Himmelstor, die Himmelstür or -pforte
gate
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gate
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gate
[geɪt] n
a. (in garden, field) → cancello; (of castle, town) (Skiing) → porta; (at airport) → uscita; (at level crossing) → barriera
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gate
(geit) noun(a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass. I'll meet you at the park gate(s).
ˈgate-crash verbto enter or go to (a party, meeting etc) without being invited or without paying.
ˈgate-crasher nounˈgate-post nouna post to which a gate is fixed.
ˈgateway nounan opening or entrance into a city etc, which contains a gate.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
gate
→ بوَّابَة brána port Tor πύλη puerta portti portail ulazna vrata cancello 門 문 hek port brama portão ворота grind ประตู kapı cổng 大门Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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