gate
♦ gate /g'eɪt/ (gates)
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A gate is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or the grounds of a building.
He opened the gate and started walking up to the house.
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In an airport, a gate is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their aeroplane.
Passengers with hand luggage can go straight to the departure gate to check in there.
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Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a gate into a city.
...9 Palace Gate.
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The gate at a sporting event such as a football match or baseball game is the total number of people who attend it.
Their average gate is less than 23,000.gate mon|ey
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Gate money is the total amount of money that is paid by the people who go to a sports match or other event. (mainly BRIT)
1 [N-COUNT]
A gate is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or the grounds of a building.
He opened the gate and started walking up to the house.
2 [N-COUNT]
In an airport, a gate is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their aeroplane.
Passengers with hand luggage can go straight to the departure gate to check in there.
3 [N-IN-NAMES]
Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a gate into a city.
...9 Palace Gate.
4 [N-COUNT]
The gate at a sporting event such as a football match or baseball game is the total number of people who attend it.
Their average gate is less than 23,000.gate mon|ey
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Gate money is the total amount of money that is paid by the people who go to a sports match or other event. (mainly BRIT)