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gate
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Meanings
noun
  • a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge.
    E.g. she closed the front gate
  • the number of people who pay to enter a sports ground for an event.
    E.g. an average home gate of more than 12,000
  • a device resembling a gate in structure or function.
  • an electric circuit with an output which depends on the combination of several inputs.
    E.g. a logic gate
verb
  • confine (a pupil or student) to school or college.
    E.g. he was gated for the rest of term
noun
  • (in place names) a street.
    E.g. Kirkgate
-gate
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Meanings
combining form
  • in nouns denoting an actual or alleged scandal, especially one involving a cover-up.
    E.g. Irangate

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