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gate·way  (gtw)
n.
1. An opening or a structure framing an opening, such as an arch, that may be closed by a gate.
2. Something that serves as an entrance or a means of access: a gateway to success; the gateway to the West.
3. Software or hardware that enables communication between computer networks that use different communications protocols. Also called router2.
gateway [ˈgeɪtˌweɪ]
n
1. an entrance that may be closed by or as by a gate
2. a means of entry or access Bombay, gateway to India
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing hardware and software that connect incompatible computer networks, allowing information to be passed from one to another
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gatewaygateway - an entrance that can be closed by a gate
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
Translations
gateway [ˈgeɪtweɪ] N (gen) → puerta f (de acceso)
New York, the gateway to America → Nueva York, la puerta a América
the gateway to success → la puerta al éxito
gateway [ˈgeɪtweɪ] n
(= entrance) → porte f
(fig) the gateway to the continent → la porte vers le continent
a gateway to success → une porte vers le succès
gateway drug n
It is thought that cannabis is a gateway drug to harder substances → On croit que le cannabis est une drogue qui incite à la consommation de drogue dure.
gateway [ˈgeɪtˌweɪ] n → porta
the gateway to success → la strada del successo
gateway [ˈgeɪtˌweɪ] n → porta
the gateway to success → la strada del successo


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Thereupon she led the girl by the hand up to a broad gateway.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
But within the Trinity Gateway he was so pressed to the wall by people who probably were unaware of the patriotic intentions with which he had come that in spite of all his determination he had to give in, and stop while carriages passed in, rumbling beneath the archway.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
And while he was wondering what had become of the boy, and what he ought to do next under such trying circumstances, the gateway in the green wall opened and a man came out.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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