gate

A2 Topic:House & Home

US /ɡeɪt/ See IPA manual

Homophones

gait /ɡeɪt/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like get /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

Freq #1833

Meanings

1

noun
A door-like barrier in a fence or wall that can be opened and closed.

He pushed open the garden gate and walked up to the house.
2

noun
A numbered exit at an airport where passengers board a plane.

Our flight is now boarding at gate 12.
3

noun
A movable barrier that controls entry or passage.

The gate at the railway crossing lifted once the train had passed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a door-like barrier in a... doorway entrance

Word family

Forms gatedgatesgating

Derived forms agatealdgatealgateambergatebackgatebeast-gatebishopsgateburragatechurchgateclergatecorpse-gatedegate

Related forms gates

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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.

gate Middle English ġeat Old English *gat Proto-West Germanic *gatą Proto-Germanic

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Topics

House & Home Aviation & Flight

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# gate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 1833

## Meanings
1. A door-like barrier in a fence or wall that can be opened and closed.
2. A numbered exit at an airport where passengers board a plane.
3. A movable barrier that controls entry or passage.

## Examples
- He pushed open the garden gate and walked up to the house.
- Our flight is now boarding at gate 12.
- The gate at the railway crossing lifted once the train had passed.

## Derived Forms
- agate
- aldgate
- algate
- ambergate
- backgate
- beast-gate
- bishopsgate
- burragate
- churchgate
- clergate
- corpse-gate
- degate

## Related Forms
- gates

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gate
- Root: ġeat
- Root: *gat
- Root: *gatą

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Gate comes 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 current use, the main senses are “A door-like barrier in a fence or wall that can be opened and closed” and “A numbered exit at an airport where passengers board a plane”.

## Topics
- House & Home
- Aviation & Flight

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