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to gate

to gate

9.0
To keep a student on campus as a punishment
  • verb
  • /ɡeɪt/
  • UK
translation icon : confinar a la residencia
  • The school administration decided to gate the students during the exam period to prevent cheating.

Examples

  • Feeling frustrated, she complained about being gated from attending the evening events.

  • Gated out of the room.

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  • Now those that gate are made is made out of three solid blocks that weigh, you know multi ton blocks.

  • OK before I do this just to clarify, you're aware you're gate keeping right now right?

  • As a punishment, the students were gated to the dormitory for the weekend.

Idioms

Happens immediately at the start with strong energy or quick success

Doing something suddenly and forcefully without thinking because you are very eager

Phrasal Verbs

1 6.8

To go into a party or event without an invitation

To end a relationship or job suddenly and harshly

Compounds

A large bright red suspension bridge in San Francisco that crosses the entrance to the bay

9 2.6

A narrow sea passage that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean

A movable barrier at a race start that opens to let horses or dogs go

A place at an airport where passengers wait to get on their plane

logic gate
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A small electronic circuit that gives one signal from several inputs using a simple rule

AND gate
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A circuit that gives an output only when all inputs are on

1 1.6

A gate at an airport where people get off arriving flights

1 9.2

A feeling of nervousness or excitement just before boarding a plane

sluice gate
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A gate that opens to let water flow and closes to stop it in a river or canal

The main western entrance to ancient Athens where a special style of pottery was found

AND gate
  • Specialized
5.3

A genetic circuit in a cell that turns a gene on only when all signals are present

A garden plant with broad leaves and long hanging red flower spikes

lock-gate
  • Specialized
4.9

A gate that opens and closes to let boats pass and control water in a canal

gate-happy
  • Informal
9.6

Feeling very excited while waiting to travel, especially at an airport

gate rape
  • Offensive
9.9

An unwanted sexual touching of a person at an event entrance during a security check

head gate
  • Specialized
7.4

A movable barrier at the start of a canal that controls water flow

jump gate
  • Jargon
9.9

A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars

NAND gate
  • Specialized
3.9

An electronic part that outputs true unless all inputs are true

OR gate
  • Specialized
4.3

An electronic circuit that gives an output when any input is on

threshold gate
  • Specialized
7.7

An electrical device that sends a signal when enough inputs are active

water gate
  • Specialized
4.8

A gate or valve that controls water flow in dams and canals

A small gate in or beside a larger gate that lets you enter without opening it

XOR gate
  • Specialized
6.2

An electronic circuit that gives a signal when an odd number of inputs are on

How Restricted

to expel
194 5.0
to gate
  • UK
9.0
to confine
215 4.2
to restrict
361 3.1

Surface Forms

gate infinitive
gated past
gated past participle
gating present participle
gates third person singular

Etymology

Gate comes from the noun from an old English word geat meaning 'opening'. When a school 'gates' a student it keeps them inside the campus, like closing the gates so they cannot leave.