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gateway

gateway

75 2.8
An entrance you can close with a gate that leads into a place
  • noun
  • /ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/
translation icon : puerta de entrada
  • The garden's ornate gateway was beautifully crafted with intricate designs.
  • serve as a gateway
  • act as a gateway
  • become a gateway

That's what you call someone who is the gateway to great power.

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Examples

  • Farther up the path, in front of an arched gateway, stand a dozen smiling people.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It's a potential gateway to the other side.

  • The gateway to the world below will soon be open.

  • Teachers know the school library is a gateway to the outside world.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Your digestive system is the gateway to the health of the rest of your body.

  • Beyond stood the ruins of the ancient gateway, which were already covered in shadows.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We drive toward Appalachia, our neighboring village and the gateway to all the roads up into the mountains.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Welcome to Radiator Springs, gateway to Ornament Valley.

  • As you know, Chamdo is the gateway to Tibet.

  • As they walked through the gateway, they entered a vibrant new community filled with artists.

Synonyms

door
vsgateway
876 1.0

A way or chance to get something better, for example a job

is usually a physical opening that can be closed with a gate
entrance
vsgateway
468 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

often is closable with a gate marking controlled access
entry
vsgateway
279 1.2

An opening or door used to go into a building

is focused on marked access and often closed by a gate
doorway
vsgateway
240 1.0

A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building

is more general and often marks access that can be gated
portal
vsgateway
124 6.0

A large decorative entrance to a building or a way into a new experience

is more ordinary and often physically closable by a gate
entryway
vsgateway
18 2.6

A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter

is often closed by a gate marking controlled access rather than a hall
entranceway
vsgateway
5 3.5

A space at the front of a building where people enter

tends to be closed by a gate and marks controlled access

Antonyms

363 1.0

An opening or way that lets people leave a place

Compounds

1 6.8

A not very harmful drug that leads people to try more harmful drugs

How Big

portal
124 6.0
gateway
75 2.8
entrance
468 1.0
doorway
240 1.0
pathway
39 2.7

Surface Forms

gateway singular
gateways plural

Morphology

gateway = gate + way (transparent) = gate + way

The compound is directly built from 'gate' + 'way' and denotes an entrance or path associated with a gate, a meaning learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

Gateway is made from gate ('door') and way ('path'), so picture a door in a path that leads into a place. That's why a gateway is an entrance you walk through and can close.