noun
- A movable barrier in a fence or wall.
- A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs.
- synonyms: logic gate
- Total admission receipts at a sports event.
- Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
verb
- Supply with a gate.
- usage: "The house was gated"
- Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate.
- Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment. .
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