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G0009900 (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).Idioms: 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.]

gate²

G0009900 (gāt)n. Archaic 1. A path or way.2. A particular way of acting or doing; manner.

[Middle English, from Old Norse gata; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]

gat•ed

(ˈgeɪ tɪd)

adj. being a residential neighborhood protected by gates, walls, guards, or other security measures: a gated community.

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