gate

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯t/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
  2. noun a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
  3. noun total admission receipts at a sports event

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.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
movable barrier
Narrower (hyponyms)
turnstile, wicket, tailgate, lock-gate, tail gate, postern

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