🎚️ Filtering signals 🚧 Controlling entry ⚙️ Metal flow system 🚪 To add a barrier

gating

7.1

To control who can enter a place by using a gate or barrier

noun
/ˈɡeɪtɪŋ/

: control de acceso

To improve security, the school installed a new gating process to control access to the playground.
gating procedures

Let's move on to Instagram and this new age gating.

Examples

Implementing effective gating measures can help prevent unauthorized entry to sensitive locations.
One of the rest studies was excluded due to a gating error corrupting the data.

Academic text (2007)
Multiple gating procedures are used in the Early Screening Project (ESP).

Academic text (1995)
The new gating system ensures that only authorized personnel can enter the secure area.

Synonyms

blocking

vsgating

18 3.4

Stopping a player from moving by standing in front of them

is about managing entry rather than directly stopping movement

gatekeeping

vsgating

3 7.2

Controlling who can join a group or see its information

focuses on physical or electronic barriers to limit entry

closing off

vsgating

3 5.2

An action that stops people from entering a place or communicating

is about controlling access often with a physical or electronic barrier

Antonyms

access

∞ 2.6

The right to enter and use something like a building or online service

openness

5 2.9

A wide area that allows a clear view and easy movement

How Restricted

blockout

7.0

gating

7.1

restricted

18 3.9

permissioned

Specialized

7.7

access

∞ 2.6

Surface Forms

gating singular

gatings plural

Morphology

gating = gate (transparent) = gate + ing

Directly the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'gate' meaning to control access; a learner who knows 'gate' and basic -ing formation can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Gating comes from gate, an old word for a 'door' or 'opening'. Think of a gate that only lets certain people in, like a gatekeeper, so gating is the act of controlling or limiting access.