departure gate
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2.4
- noun
- /dɪˈpɑrtʃər ɡeɪt/
:
puerta de embarque
- After a long wait, she finally found her way to the departure gate for her flight.
Examples
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Out of sight of both Sawyer and Sidney, Paul Brophy rolled his luggage carrier toward an American Airlines departure gate.
Fiction book (1997) -
At the departure gate, Mom says, "Well, Paul, I'm glad we came." "Me too," I say, and we all laugh again.
Fiction book (1996) -
If possible, have a friend drop you off at the airport to avoid congestion and delays getting to your departure gate.
Blog text (7) -
Flight 1138 bound for Sydney, Australia, your departure gate is now changed to gate 26.
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Will missing passengers Daniel List and Lena Kortus please proceed to the departure gate immediately.
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Jonah is standing out of the way at a departure gate, watching Sam as Victoria checks in for a flight bound for Minneapolis.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sister Celine was there to see him off; she smiled at him through misty glasses, and Joseph felt the wetness on her cheeks when she hugged him at the departure gate.
Fiction book (1992) -
Passengers should arrive at the departure gate at least 30 minutes before boarding.
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The sign displayed the departure gate for the flight to New York.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place in an airport where passengers board or leave a plane
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a gate at an airport where passengers board before departure' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'departure' (the act of leaving) with 'gate' (a boarding passage); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the compound meaning. This is a straightforward noun–noun composition with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and parallels in other languages, so it is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Departure gate is a clear picture: departure means 'to leave' and gate is a door, so the phrase means the place at an airport where passengers wait to get on their plane before a flight.