gate 1 (g t)n. 1. A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway. 2. a. An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit. b. The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city. 3. a. A means of access: the gate to riches. b. A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane. 4. A mountain pass. 5. The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event: a good gate at the football game. 6. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit. 7. The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold. 8. Sports A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race. 9. A logic gate. tr.v. gat·ed, gat·ing, gates Idioms: 1. Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment. 2. Electronics To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval. 3. To furnish with a gate: "The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated" (Dean Koontz). get the gate Slang To be dismissed or rejected. give (someone) the gate Slang 1. To discharge from a job. 2. To reject or jilt. [Middle English, from Old English geat.] |
| gate 2 (gt) n. 1. Chiefly British A particular way of acting or doing; manner. 2. Archaic A path or way. [Middle English, from Old Norse gata; see gh  - in Indo-European roots.] |
gate1
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc.
2. an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place
3. any means of entrance or access
4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a mountain pass or gap, esp one providing entry into another country or region
5.
a. the number of people admitted to a sporting event or entertainment
b. the total entrance money received from them
6. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 14
7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Horse racing short for starting gate
8. (Electronics) Electronics
a. a logic circuit having one or more input terminals and one output terminal, the output being switched between two voltage levels determined by the combination of input signals
b. a circuit used in radar that allows only a fraction of the input signal to pass
9. (Electronics) the electrode region or regions in a field-effect transistor that is biased to control the conductivity of the channel between the source and drain
10. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens
11. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a slotted metal frame that controls the positions of the gear lever in a motor vehicle
12. (Team Sports / Rowing) Rowing a hinged clasp to prevent the oar from jumping out of a rowlock
13. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a frame surrounding the blade or blades of a saw
vb (tr)
1. to provide with a gate or gates
2. (Social Science / Education) Brit to restrict (a student) to the school or college grounds as a punishment
3. (Physics / General Physics) to select (part of a waveform) in terms of amplitude or time
[Old English geat; related to Old Frisian jet opening, Old Norse gat opening, passage]
gateless adj
gatelike adj
gate2
n Dialect
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the channels by which molten metal is poured into a mould
2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the metal that solidifies in such channels
[probably related to Old English gyte a pouring out, geotan to pour]
gate3
n Scot and northern English dialect
1. a way, road, street, or path
2. a way or method of doing something
[from Old Norse gata path; related to Old High German gazza road, street]
Gate the number of people attending a sporting event, usually football matches, 1888.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  gate - a movable barrier in a fence or wallhead gate - a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end flexible joint, hinge - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed lock-gate - a gate that can be locked lichgate, lychgate - a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals movable barrier - a barrier that can be moved to allow passage portcullis - gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage postern - a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle tail gate - a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end tollbar, tollgate - a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid turnpike - (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid turnstile - a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering wicket door, wicket gate, wicket - small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) |
| 2. | gate - a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs AND circuit, AND gate - a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire computer circuit - a circuit that is part of a computer NAND circuit, NAND gate - a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate OR circuit, OR gate - a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire X-OR circuit, XOR circuit, XOR gate - gate for exclusive OR; a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire | |
| 3. | gate - total admission receipts at a sports event | |
| 4. | gate - passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark air terminal, airport terminal - a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight arrival gate - gate where passengers disembark departure gate - gate where passengers embark passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings | |
| Verb | 1. | gate - supply with a gate; "The house was gated" architecture - the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
| 2. | gate - control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate | |
| 3. | gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment |
gate
Translations
gate [geɪt]
A. N
1. [of wood] → puerta f (also of town, castle); [of metal] → verja f; (= sluice) → compuerta f; [of field, in station] → barrera f (Sport) → entrada f
please go to gate seven → diríjanse a la puerta siete
please go to gate seven → diríjanse a la puerta siete
2. (Sport) (= attendance) → público m, concurrencia f; (= entrance money) → taquilla f, recaudación f
C. CPD gate money N → taquilla f, recaudación f
gate [ˈgeɪt] n
[garden] → portail m
[farm, at level crossing] → barrière f
[building, town, at airport] → porte f
[lock] → vanne f
(= attendance at match) → nombre m de spectateurs
gate
gate:
gate:
n
→ Tor nt; (small, = garden gate) → Pforte f; (= five-barred gate) → Gatter nt; (in station) → Sperre f; (in airport) → Flugsteig m; (of level crossing) → Schranke f; (Sport: = starting gate) → Startmaschine f; (= sports ground entrance) → Einlass m, → Eingang m; to open/shut the gate(s) → das Tor etc öffnen/schließen; the gates of heaven → das Himmelstor, die Himmelstür or -pforte
vt pupil, student → Ausgangssperre erteilen (+dat)
gate:
gate-crash (inf)
vt to gate a party/meeting → in eine Party/Versammlung reinplatzen (inf); (crowd: = to disrupt it) → eine Party/Versammlung stürmen
gate-crasher
n → ungeladener Gast; (at meeting) → Eindringling m
gate:
gatehouse
n → Pförtnerhaus or -häuschen nt
gatekeeper
n → Pförtner(in) m(f); (Rail) → Schrankenwärter(in) m(f)
gate-leg(ged) table
n → Klapptisch m
gate money
n (Sport) → Einnahmen pl
gatepost
gateway drug
n → Einstiegsdroge f
gate [geɪt] n
gate [geɪt] n
a. (in garden, field) → cancello; (of castle, town) (Skiing) → porta; (at airport) → uscita; (at level crossing) → barriera
b. (Sport) (attendance) → (numero di) spettatori mpl, presenze fpl; (entrance money) → incassi mpl
gate [geɪt] n
a. (in garden, field) → cancello; (of castle, town) (Skiing) → porta; (at airport) → uscita; (at level crossing) → barriera
b. (Sport) (attendance) → (numero di) spettatori mpl, presenze fpl; (entrance money) → incassi mpl
n gate [geit]
(a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass I'll meet you at the park gate(s). hek بَوّابَه порта brána, vrata port; låge das Tor πύλη, αυλόπορτα puerta; verja värav دروازه؛ محل ورود و خروج portti porte, barrière שַׁעַר द्वार ograda kapu gerbang hlið cancello; portone 門 (울타리, 담 등에 있는) 문, 사립문, 살문 vartai vārti pintu pagar hek, poort port, grind brama portão poartă, barieră ворота brána; vráta vrata kapija grind ประตูรั้ว kapı 大門 ворота, хвіртка دیوار یا لوہے کے فریم میں لگا پھاٹک cổng 大门
v gate-crash
to enter or go to (a party, meeting etc) without being invited or without paying. ongenooid opdaag يَحْضُر حَفْلا بِدون دَعْوَه влизам без покана přijít bez pozvání komme uinviteret das Eindringen πηγαίνω κάπου απρόσκλητος colarse (de gorra) kontvõõrana sisse tungima, ilma piletita sisse minema بدون دعوت یا بدون بلیط وارد محفلی شدن kuokkia faire l'intrus לְהִיכַּנֵס לְלא הַזמָנָה बिन बुलाए घुसना ući bez pozivnice (ili ulaznice) betolakodik menyelundup dalam pesta mæta óboðinn til veislu intrufolarsi 押しかける 초대도 받지 않고 들어가다 (at)eiti nekviestam, įeiti be bilieto ierasties nelūgtam (viesībās); iekļūt bez biļetes (sarīkojumā u.tml.) hadir tanpa dijemput binnenvallen komme uinnbudt wprosić się penetrar a veni nepoftit приходить незваным; проходить зайцем vpadnúť bez pozvania iti v družbo nepovabljen doći bez poziva våldgästa, planka, smita in ร่วมงานโดยไม่ได้รับเชิญ davetsiz katılmak 擅自進入 прийти непроханим بغیر دعوت کے کہیں ٹپک پڑنا vào cửa không mua vé hoặc không được mời 擅自进入
n gate-crasher
ongenooide gas من يَحْضُر حَفْلا بِدون دَعْوَه неканен гост nezvaný host ubuden gæst der Eindringling απρόσκλητος, παρείσακτος persona que se ha colado, intruso kontvõõras, jänes مهمان ناخوانده؛ کسی که بدون بلیط وارد مکانی می شود kuokkavieras intrus/-use אוֹרֵח לא קָרוּא बिन बुलाया मेहमान koji dolazi bez pozivnice hívatlan vendég penyelundup dalam pesta boðflenna intruso 無切符入場者 불청객, 입장권 없는 사람 nekviestas svečias, zuikis nelūgts viesis; bezbiļetnieks (sarīkojumā u.tml.) orang yang hadir tanpa dijemput ongenode gast ubuden gjest nie zaproszony gość penetra intrus незваный гость; заяц nezvaný hosť nepovabljen gost nezvan gost objuden gäst, snyltgäst, plankare ผู้ร่วมงานโดยไม่ได้รับเชิญ davetsiz misafir, beleşçi 擅自進入者 непроханий гість بن بلایا مہمان người không mời mà đến 擅自进入者
n gate-post
a post to which a gate is fixed. hekwag عامود البُوّابَه стълб на врата sloup u vrat portstolpe der Torpfosten παραστάτης πύλης, αυλόπορτας poste väravapost تیر چهارچوب دروازه portinpieli montant de porte עַמוּד הַשַׁעַר फाटक का खम्भा stup na kojemu vise vrata kapufélfa pintu hliðstólpi colonna/pilastro di cancello 門柱 문기둥 vartų šulas vārtu stabs tiang pagar hekpaal port-/grindstolpe słupek bramy pilar stâlp al porţii воротный столб stĺp brány vratni steber potporni stub kapije grindstolpe เสาประตูรั้ว bahçe kapısı direği 門柱 ворітний стовп کواڑ کے چوکھٹ کا پہلو trụ cổng 门柱
n gateway
an opening or entrance into a city etc, which contains a gate. poort بَوّابَه، مَدْخَل вход brána portåbning der Torweg πύλη, είσοδος entrada, puerta, puerta de entrada värav مدخل؛ راه ورودی porttikäytävä porte, portail פֶּתַח שַׁעַר द्वार मार्ग, दूसरी जगह जाने का रास्ता prolaz kroz velika vrata kapubejárat pintu gerbang hlið; aðkomuleið entrata; porta 入口 통로 vartai vārti pintu masuk poort (by)port, inngang, innfallsport brama wjazdowa portão poartă de intrare, barieră ворота; подход brána mestna vrata ulaz stadsport, infart, utfart, ingång, utgång ทางเข้าออก geçit kapısı; geçit/giriş (noktası) 入口 ворота; брама کسی شہر میں داخل ہونے کا دروازہ cổng ra vào 入口
gate → بوابة brána port Tor πύλη puerta portti portail kapija cancello 門 문 poort port brama portão ворота grind ประตู kapı cửa 大门
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