gate

verb

gated; gating

transitive verb

1

British : to confine to a campus or dormitory

2

: to supply with a gate

3

: to control with a gate

Examples of gate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a loss, OpenAI could face pressure to implement remedies like age-gating free ChatGPT accounts to protect kids, shutting down conversations that discuss violence and suicide, and removing features that the state says deceptively make ChatGPT feel like talking to a human. —Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026

After the park reopens, the Secret Service wants to install a gating system to quickly secure the area if needed. —Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026

Pre-execution analysis should gate high-risk behavior, while runtime telemetry confirms what actually happened and feeds policy improvement. —Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

And a health system’s ability to schedule surgeries is gated not just by the availability of doctors and nurses, but also by its ability to maintain a constant flow of clean, reusable medical tools to its operating rooms. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing gate

• gate-crasher
• get the gate
• give one the gate
• lich-gate
• lych-gate
• starting gate
• water gate

Rhymes for gate

• ate
• bait
• bate
• cate
• crate
• date
• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate

Kids Definition

gate

noun

ˈgāt

1

: an opening in a wall or fence

2

: a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures

3

: the frame or door that closes a gate

4

: a means of entrance or exit

5

: a door, valve, or other device for controlling the passage of fluid

6

: the total admission receipts or the number of spectators especially at a sports event

Medical Definition

gate

1 of 2 noun

ˈgāt 

: a molecule or part of a molecule (as an amino acid sequence in a protein) that acts (as by a change in conformation) in response to a stimulus to permit or block passage through a cell membrane

gate

2 of 2 transitive verb

gated; gating

: to control passage through a cell membrane by way of (a specific channel) by supplying a specific stimulus

a transmembrane ion channel gated by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine

see ligand-gated, voltage-gated