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   gate

   /ɡeɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge: "she closed the front gate" Similar barrierwicketwicket gatelychgatefive-barred gateturnstilekissing gateportmoon gatepylon
   • ▪ a gateway: "she went out through the gate" Similar gatewaydoorwayentranceexitegressopeningdoorportalentryway
   • ▪ an exit from an airport building to an aircraft: "a departure gate"
   • ▪ a mountain pass or other natural passage: "the Golden Gate"
   • 2. the number of people who pay to enter a sports ground for an event: "an average home gate of more than 12,000"
   • ▪ the money taken for admission to a sports ground for an event.
   • 3. a device resembling a gate in structure or function.
   • ▪ a hinged or sliding barrier for controlling the flow of water: "a sluice gate"
   • ▪ an arrangement of slots into which the gear lever of a motor vehicle moves to engage each gear.
   • ▪ a device for holding each frame of a film in position behind the lens of a camera or projector.
   • 4. an electric circuit with an output which depends on the combination of several inputs: "a logic gate"
   • ▪ the part of a field-effect transistor to which a signal is applied to control the resistance of the conductive channel of the device.

   verb

   • 1. confine (a pupil or student) to school or college: British "he was gated for the rest of term"

   Word Origin Old Englishgæt, geat, plural gatu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gat ‘gap, hole, breach’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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