Gate ɡeɪt Shut Noun Front/Main Back/Side Iron Open/Close/Shut

• the front/main gate
• the back/side gate
• an iron gate
• to open/close/shut a gate

gate

1. a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building
• SEE ALSO lychgate
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• the front/main gate
• the back/side gate
• an iron gate
• to open/close/shut a gate
• He pushed open the garden gate.
• Students were still standing outside the school gates.
• A crowd gathered at the factory gates.
• Someone was waiting by the gate to his house.

Extra Examples

• Don't forget to shut the gate when you leave.
• The gate shut behind him.
• The great gates of the abbey were shut fast.
• The heavy gate swung open.
• a set of ornamental gates
• a wide driveway with double gates
2. an opening that can be closed by a gate or gates
• I was slightly nervous as I entered the gates.
• We drove through the palace gates.

Extra Examples

• Go through the gate and continue down the track.
• He led us through a gate into a little garden.
• Hesitantly, he emerged from the gates of the prison.
3. a way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane
• Passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 8.
• BA flight 726 to Paris is now boarding at gate 16.
4. a barrier that is used to control the flow of water on a river or canal
• a lock/sluice gate
5. the number of people who attend a sports event
• Tonight's game has attracted the largest gate of the season.
6. the amount of money made by selling tickets for a sports event
• Today's gate will be given to charity.
7. a political scandal connected with the person or place mentioned
8. an electronic switch that reacts in one of two ways to data that is put into it. A computer performs operations by passing data through a very large number of gates.
9. to be successful from the beginning, especially in sport
• The Grizzlies came out of the gate motivated, bursting to a 27–10 lead.
• The team has struggled to get out of the gate this year.
10. right from the beginning of a situation or an activity
• The trouble began right out of the gate.
• The Democrats had a clear advantage out of the gate.

Word Origin

• From Watergate, the scandal in the United States that brought about the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.