🚪gate

noun
/ɡeɪt/

Meaning

A movable barrier that opens and closes to allow or prevent entry through an opening.

Example Sentences

She closed the gate behind her as she left the garden.

Example Expressions

at death's gate

Synonyms

door, entrance, barrier, portal, gateway

Antonyms

exit, opening

Collocations

front gate, garden gate, iron gate, open the gate

More Example Sentences

They were about to board when the gate changed.

They informed the passengers about the new gate.

You can catch the public bus to Mirpur at Farmgate.

You can catch the metro rail to Mirpur at Farmgate.

Standing at the airport gate, I wait for my flight.

Here are your boarding passes – your flight leaves from gate 15A and it’ll begin boarding at 3:20pm. Your seat number is 26E.

Here are your boarding passes – your flight leaves from gate 22B and it’ll begin boarding at 4:30pm. Your seat number is 14A.

Here are your boarding passes – your flight leaves from gate 10C and it’ll begin boarding at 6:15pm. Your seat number is 32B.

A student gets lost on her first day at university trying to find the lecture hall for her morning class because the campus is much bigger than she expected and all the buildings look the same from the outside so she asks a senior student for directions who kindly walks with her to the correct building and shows her how to read the campus map on her phone and by the end of the week she can navigate the entire campus easily

A student gets lost on her first day at university trying to find the lecture hall for her morning class because the campus is much bigger than she expected and all the buildings look the same from the outside so she asks a senior student for directions who kindly walks with her to the correct building and shows her how to read the campus map on her phone and by the end of the week she can navigate the entire campus easily feeling grateful for the small act of kindness that made her first day easier.

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