gate
noun/ɡeɪt/
Слово англійською: gate
Переклад gate українською: воро́та (гара́жні і т. д.)
Детальний опис
- [countable] 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
- to open/close/shut a gate
- He pushed open the garden gate.
- outside a gate Students were still standing outside the school gates.
- at a gate A crowd gathered at the factory gates.
- gate to something Someone was waiting by the gate to his house.
- [countable] 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.
- [countable] 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.
Wordfinder- airport
- baggage reclaim
- board
- check-in
- gate
- immigration
- lounge
- passport
- security
- terminal
- [countable] a barrier that is used to control the flow of water on a river or canal
- a lock/sluice gate
- [countable] the number of people who attend a sports event
- Tonight's game has attracted the largest gate of the season.
- (also gate money)[uncountable] the amount of money made by selling tickets for a sports event
- Today's gate will be given to charity.
- -gate(forming nouns from the names of people, places or events; used especially in newspapers) 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.
- (also logic gate)(computing) 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.
Word OriginOld English gæt, geat, plural gatu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gat ‘gap, hole, breach’. Sense 7 from Watergate, the scandal in the United States that brought about the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
Idioms
come, get, etc. out of the gate(s)
- (North American English, informal) 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) out of the gate(s)
- (North American English, informal) 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.