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gate / gāt/ • n. 1. a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge. ∎ a gateway: she went out through the gate. ∎ fig. a means of entrance or exit: they were opening the gates of their country wide to the enemy. ∎ an exit from an airport building to an aircraft. ∎ [in names] a mountain pass or other natural passage: the Golden Gate. 2. the number of people who pay to enter a sports facility, exhibition hall, etc., for any one event: [as adj.] gate receipts. ∎ the money taken for admission. 3. a device resembling a gate in structure or function, in particular: ∎ a hinged or sliding barrier for controlling the flow of water: a sluice gate. ∎ Skiing an opening through which a skier must pass in a slalom course, typically marked by upright poles. ∎ a device for holding each frame of a movie film in position behind the lens of a camera or projector. 4. an electric circuit with an output that depends on the combination of several inputs: a logic gate. ∎ the part of a field-effect transistor to which a signal is applied to control the resistance of the conductive channel of the device. PHRASES: get (or be given) the gate inf. be dismissed from a job. |
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"gate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gate.html "gate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gate.html |
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gate The defensive walls of a city necessarily had gates for those coming and going; gates were subject to enemy assault and were therefore also specially defended (2 Chr. 26: 9). Even so an enemy might destroy the gate (Judg. 9: 49, 52). Several of the gates of Jerusalem are mentioned in the account of the rebuilding of the city by Nehemiah. In the NT the Beautiful Gate of the Temple is mentioned in Acts 3: 2.
Markets were placed outside gates which therefore became the centre of commercial and social life, and also the place for legal decisions (Ruth 4). There the unemployed queued for work (Matt. 20: 3). The ‘gates of hell’ which will not prevail against the Church (Matt. 16: 18) is an idiom for death (Ps. 107: 18; Job 38: 17). |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "gate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "gate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-gate.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "gate." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-gate.html |
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gate1 opening in a wall capable of being closed by a barrier; barrier itself. OE. ġæt, ġeat, pl. gatu, corr. to OFris. gat hole, opening, OS. gat eye of a needle (LG., Du. gap, hole, breach), ON. gat opening, passage :- Gmc. *ʒatam. Forms with initial y, repr. OE. forms ġeat, etc., remain in northerly dial.; the standard form has been gate since XVI.
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T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gate.html T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gate.html |
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A. (north. dial.) way XIII; street (surviving in place-names) XV; B. †going, journey XIII; manner of going (see GAIT). — ON. gata = OHG. gazza (G. gasse lane), Goth. gatwō :- Gmc. *ʒatwōn, of unkn. orig. |
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T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gate1.html T. F. HOAD. "gate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gate1.html |
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gate in Greek mythology, the gate of horn was the gate through which true dreams pass (as opposed to the ivory gate for false dreams).
See also like a bull at a gate at bull1, kissing gate, Pearly Gates at pearly. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "gate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "gate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-gate.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "gate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-gate.html |
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Gatethe number of people attending a sporting event, usually football matches, 1888. |
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"Gate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300744.html "Gate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300744.html |
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gate See logic gate.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "gate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "gate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-gate.html JOHN DAINTITH. "gate." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-gate.html |
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"gate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gate.html "gate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gate.html |
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