gated

adjective

gat·​ed ˈgā-təd 

1

: having or controlled by a gate

a gated entrance

2

: designed to restrict entrance usually by means of physical barriers, a private security force, and a controlled gate

gated communities

Examples of gated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last November, Taylor Morrison paid $60 million for the McKinnon Groves property in the Wellness Way area after commissioners approved plans for a 658-home gated community. —James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025

In 2020 Brown was accused of destroying a security camera and throwing his bicycle at a security shack in his gated community in Hollywood, Florida. —Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025

Without hesitation, the new mom springs into action, trotting through the house and into a gated room. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

Nora was a 51-year-old wife and mother of two who lived in a gated community called Villa Golf in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina. —Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing gated

• gated community

Rhymes for gated

• baited
• bated
• crated
• dated
• fated
• feted
• freighted
• grated
• hated
• lated
• mated
• pated

Kids Definition

gated

adjective

gat·​ed

ˈgāt-əd

1

: having a gate

2

: having guarded or locked gates designed to restrict access

a gated community