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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Gates to Melbourne Park will open earlier than usual to avoid fans having to queue for hours in the baking sun.

From Barron's

Bill Gates, Alphabet’s Google unit and oil company Devon Energy have also invested in Fervo.

From Barron's

Back then, IBM certainly wouldn’t have hired weird longish-haired geeks like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were working with chintzy little microprocessors that paled in comparison with IBM’s mighty mainframes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gates, a lifelong Republican, was first elected as Huntington Beach city attorney in 2014 and was reelected twice.

From Los Angeles Times

Bill Gates expressed ongoing concern about climate change, stating that market forces alone are insufficient to reduce climate-causing emissions.

From Barron's