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- n a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- n a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
- n total admission receipts at a sports event
- n passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- v supply with a gate
The house was gated - v control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- v restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
- But the gate didn't have smoke detectors, or a sprinkler system to combat a fire in the event that one broke out.
- When Reuther and three other officials arrived at the gate, Ford company police charged at them and delivered a brutal, prolonged beating.
- Let's plant one tree outside the gate and leave.