gates

[geyts] / geɪts /

NOUN

movable barrier at entrance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar door doorway exit fence port

STRONG

access conduit egress gateway issue lock opening passage portal portcullis slammer turnstile way weir

WEAK

revolving door

Example Sentences

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“The data center we bought with Chamath, it’s right next to a smart city that Bill Gates owns,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Anyone with a ticket can shop the main shops at both the North and South Gates and at the satellite locations throughout the grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

By then, Gates was working for the Department of Justice in Washington as a deputy assistant attorney general in the civil rights division, resigning after just 10 months because he said he missed home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But for Tony Gates, the outgoing CEO of the Northumberland National Park Authority, the dog poo issue is the one he "can't get my head around".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

This meant that Clinton believed that he, coming from the south, and Burgoyne, coming from the north, were about to trap an American Army led by General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen