📖 Определения и значения для слова gate
📒 a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building
- the front/main gate
- the back/side gate
- an iron gate
📒 an opening that can be closed by a gate or gates
- I was slightly nervous as I entered the gates.
- through a gate We drove through the palace gates.
- Go through the gate and continue down the track.
📒 a way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane
- Passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 8.
- at a gate BA flight 726 to Paris is now boarding at gate 16.
📒 a barrier that is used to control the flow of water on a river or canal
- a lock/sluice gate
📒 the number of people who attend a sports event
- Tonight's game has attracted the largest gate of the season.
📒 the amount of money made by selling tickets for a sports event
- Today's gate will be given to charity.
📒 a political scandal connected with the person, place or event mentioned, usually involving a cover-up (= an attempt to hide an illegal activity)
- The newspapers have been running stories on the Partygate scandal for months.
📒 an electronic switch that reacts in one of two ways to data that is put into it. A computer performs operations by passing data through a very large number of gates.
📒 to be successful from the beginning, especially in sport
- The Grizzlies came out of the gate motivated, bursting to a 27–10 lead.
- The team has struggled to get out of the gate this year.
📒 right from the beginning of a situation or an activity
- The trouble began right out of the gate.
- The Democrats had a clear advantage out of the gate.