gate
A doorlike structure outside a house.
Noun 4 meanings
A doorlike structure outside a house.
A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
A movable barrier.
“The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.”
A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
Verb 4 meanings
To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
To open (a closed ion channel).
To furnish with a gate.
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
Etymology
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”). See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt.
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GATE at a glance
GATE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,103 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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