gate
/ˈɡeɪ̯t/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
noun
The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Example Sentences
- "At 7, he made his exit through the Ch‘ien-ch‘ing and the Lung-tsung gates, and thence, through the Yung-Hang Gate he entered the Tz‘u-ning Palace."
- "The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed."
- "Lyons and Fisher's stations, who have spared nothing to ensure a success on this point, there is every reason to believe that the Northern Territory will soon be able to make a proper use of her geographical position, and become the gate of the East for all the Australian colonies."
- "Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out."
- "After all, not using film has advantages other than cost: the curse of getting a hair in the gate (the rectangular opening at the front of a camera) is gone; the problem of getting dirt on the film swept away."
- "It would encompass more than 500 acres and include a new theme park, several hotels, two mammoth parking garages with direct access from the freeway and a "third gate" — land set aside for future expansion."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡeɪ̯t/
- British English: /ˈɡeɪ̯t/
Usage
- Slang
- Dated
- Transitive verb
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Archaic
- Uncountable