Meaning

23 senses
  1. A doorlike structure outside a house.

    Tor

    воро́таvoróta, врата́vratá, кали́ткаkalítka

    воро́таvoróta, бра́маbráma

  2. A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

    Tor

    a movable barrier in a fence or wall

  3. A movable barrier.

    The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.

  4. A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

    Flugsteig, Gate

    воро́таvoróta, вы́ходvýxod, вы́ход на поса́дкуvýxod na posádku

    passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

  5. A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.

  6. The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

    total admission receipts at a sports event

  7. A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

    вентильventilʹ

  8. The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

    затворzatvor

  9. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

  10. The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.

  11. The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.

  12. The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

    Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.

Examples

685 sentences
  1. He was standing at the gate.

    Він стояв біля ворот.

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  2. Tom was waiting at the gate.

    Том чекав біля воріт.

    ruТом ждал у ворот.

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  3. The gate needs to be closed.

    Ворота повинні бути зачинені.

    ruНужно закрыть ворота.

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  4. Tom tried to fix the gate.

    Том намагався полагодити ворота.

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  5. The gate was too narrow for the truck.

    Ворота були завузькі для вантажівки.

    ruВорота были слишком узкими для грузовика.

    deDas Tor war zu eng für den Lastwagen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
door-like structure outside:
Русский
By meaning 4
door-like structure outside:
in an air terminal:
computing: logical pathway:
(electronics) name of one terminal of a transistor:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
door-like structure outside:
in an air terminal:

Origin

From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), fro

From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).

Borrowed from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Cognate with Danish gade, Swedish gata, German Gasse (“lane”). Doublet of gait.

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Forms

plural: gates
Singulargate
Pluralgates

regular

Synonyms

44 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs:logic gate

Word family

121 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • at the gate
  • shut the gate
  • open the gate
  • the main gate
  • close the gate
  • lock the gate
  • the front gate
  • near the gate
  • the gate is
  • the gate open
  • gate is open
  • main gate

See also

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