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I. gate1 S2 W2 /ɡeɪt/ noun [Language : Old English; Origin : geat] 1. [COUNTABLE] the part of a fence or outside wall that you can open and close so that you can enter or leave a place ⇨ door: ▪ We went through the gate into the orchard. ▪ the wrought-iron gates of the palace open/close/shut a gate ▪ I left the engine running and ran back to close the gate. front/back/main gate ▪ Make sure that the back gate is locked, please. garden/farm/school gate ▪ The children poured out of the school gates.
2. [COUNTABLE] the place where you leave an airport building to get on a plane: ▪ Air France flight 76 leaves from gate 6A.
3. a) [COUNTABLE] British English the number of people who go in to see a sports event, especially a football match b) [UNCOUNTABLE] British English (also gate money) the amount of money that these people pay • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪open a gate ▪ He heard Jack open the gate. ▪close/shut a gate ▪ Please close the gate. ▪lock/padlock a gate (=close it with a key/a special lock) ▪ She locked the gate behind her. ▪go through a gate ▪ They went through the gate into the orchard. ▪leave the gate open ▪ Someone left the gate open, and the dog got out. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gate ▪the front/back gate (=the gate in front of or at the back of a building) ▪ She stood outside the front gate of the cottage. ▪the entrance gate ▪ Derek met us at the entrance gate. ▪the main gate (=where most people go in) ▪ Soldiers were guarding the main gate. ▪a garden gate ▪ Ellie ran down the path towards the garden gate. ▪a farm/factory/school etc gate ▪ I carefully shut the farm gate behind me. ▪ Lots of parents were waiting outside the school gate. ▪a wooden/iron/wrought-iron gate ▪ Their way was barred by huge wrought-iron gates.
II. gate2 verb [TRANSITIVE] British English to prevent a student from leaving a school as a punishment for behaving badly
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a departure gate (=an exit from an airport to get a particular flight) ▪ It was a long walk with all our luggage to the departure gate. an entrance gate/door ▪ Soldiers were guarding the entrance gate. gated community pearly gates starting gate the factory gates (=the entrance to a factory) ▪ A crowd of protesters had gathered outside the factory gates. the garden gate (= the gate between a garden and the street) ▪ Martin was waiting by the garden gate. wicket gate COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE back ▪ We left by the back gate of the manor following a trackway through a wood. ▪ The back gate was raised, the canvas flaps lowered, and we were on our way. ▪ We deployed on to the cold, deserted streets, two teams from the back gate and one from the front. ▪ I got in through the back gate without being challenged. ▪ She entered the kitchen from the back gate closing the door on the small yard with a click of finality. ▪ He opened the little back gate and peered around in the dark for the shelter. ▪ I can open the back gate at midnight. front ▪ In autumn a rowan tree at the front gate was showered with berries. ▪ They locked the front gates of their Seoul home, my residence, and would not let me out. ▪ At the front gate, I paused. ▪ Every day seeing her husband and her boys approach the front gate. ▪ Motor cycles will roar away from the front gates and, later, cars. ▪ Even more daunting is a flight of 5 steps to her front gate. ▪ Once we had arrived at my place I parked the car and led Amanda through my front gate and up to the flat. great ▪ Corbett asked the others to stay at the great gate whilst he went across the open square. ▪ Wherever it was, the entrance to it was a great gate of clouds kept by the Seasons. ▪ In this wall was a great wrought-iron gate of eighteenth-century workmanship. ▪ The seven great gates which were the Thebans' pride remained closed, and famine drew near to the citizens. ▪ Cranston and Athelstan pushed by him and hammered at the great gate. ▪ The white buildings of the cortijo, with its great gate and tower, still dominated the yellow landscape. ▪ They manned the towers and bastions and the great gates were shut fast. ▪ A small postern door in the great gate opened. main ▪ Faintly disappointed, she emptied her lungs and resumed the walk which would bring her to the main gate. ▪ Two months after I had driven through the main gates, I finally got to the flight line. ▪ A boy has come off his motor-cycle at the roundabout outside the main gates. ▪ Most visitors to the preserve now park their cars outside the main gate and either hike, bike or ride horses in. ▪ It was originally the main town gate, built by Matej Rejsek in 1475-:83, and decorated in a marvellously intricate style. ▪ Once inside the main gate you could see how hard the designers were working to make it neat. ▪ The ride begins at 10.30am outside the main gates to Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre. ▪ Selkirk and four soldiers, well-armed, carrying picks and shovels, were waiting rather self-consciously near the main gate. open ▪ Jimmy, entering through the open gates, stared at the motorcar, a sign of real riches. ▪ Several women and a man stand before the open wooden gates of the courtyard of the church. ▪ A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep. ▪ So he threw open the gates and welcomed all baptized persons into full church membership. ▪ They ran, on rubbery legs, through an open gate and across a dirt yard towards the lit window. ▪ I pushed open the creaking gate and ventured inside. ▪ The tall man had been leaning against the stable's open gates, but straightened up as Lucille appeared from the house. ▪ We mounted and rode across the darkened causeway, past the sentry, half-sleeping at the open gates and on to the trackway. pearly ▪ And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates. ▪ St Peter had opened the pearly gates and St John Ogilvie had prodded home the penalty. wooden ▪ A brief moon between clouds outside sharpened the lines of boxwood that led to the wooden gate. ▪ They led us through the narrow streets to the tall wooden gate of the ryokan. ▪ She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges. ▪ Several women and a man stand before the open wooden gates of the courtyard of the church. ▪ Tom carefully opened a sagging wooden gate and went up a stone path that led around the side of the house. ▪ A few pointed inquiries brought me to an old wooden gate that was in need of repair. ▪ They pushed open the long wooden gate where he sat. ▪ A narrow weaving crazy path Leads to a wooden gate, While cats slink along the wall From dusk until I wake. NOUN city ▪ It has a rich and colourful history, which can still be traced in its fortifications, towers and old city gates. ▪ The bride was too tall, and riding into the city could not fit under the city gate. ▪ There are towers at intervals for reinforcement and there are eight fortified city gates which were originally richly decorated with sculptural work. ▪ The two neatly fit under the city gate, and the groom counted a third fool to himself. ▪ The main roads within the city gates are paved with dark local stone and have pavements and kerbstones. ▪ He had ordered the opening of the city gates and capitulation. ▪ The King had decided I would stay in the largest available building, just outside the city gates. entrance ▪ The old citadel remains; a fortified entrance gate, a ruined keep, some fine slabs of wall. ▪ Three Miramar entrance gates -- main, north and west -- will be open for visitors. ▪ The Usher Art Gallery decided that it needed to replace its imposing main entrance gates which were taken away in the war. ▪ The single entrance gate bears a lock from the age of dungeons. ▪ However, those who passed through the entrance gates where Hades stood might never return to the mortal world. ▪ The windows overlooked the long drive to distant entrance gates. factory ▪ People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh, fit and ready to toil. ▪ Mr Peters asks the highly relevant question: why do so many workers leave their talents at the factory gate? ▪ The second order relates to the banning of meetings in the vicinity of the factory gates. ▪ The danger of an upturn in inflation was highlighted today in figures showing the price of goods leaving the factory gate. ▪ Cars were pouring out of the factory gates when he reached them and two buses added to the congestion. ▪ City economists also worried that factory gate price inflation was proving difficult to curb. farm ▪ Those with milking herds had a ready market for farm gate sales of butter and cheese. ▪ The tractor ruts led straight on to a farm gate. ▪ And here, barring the road, was the familiar old farm gate still in place. garden ▪ Why did his knees creak like a garden gate when he sat down beside her? ▪ Walking home, he goes through one large garden gate, only to see the other one fall down. ▪ These are the Buddhist counterparts of the cherubim stationed by Yahweh at the garden gate. ▪ Once, I remember, she even lay down by the garden gate. ▪ Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates. ▪ The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate. ▪ An elderly couple were leaning over their garden gate. iron ▪ Within a dozen yards, I came to a set of iron gates closing off the steps east of the high altar. ▪ An ornate iron gate presided over its entrance. ▪ They walked towards the tall iron gates of the school. ▪ The wrought iron gate, as usual, was open and he parked in front of the house. ▪ Each house had an iron gate and a short tiled path up to the front door. ▪ I awoke to find myself still standing before the water-colour painting of the curled iron gate. ▪ Decorative projecting bricks, alcoves, wrought iron gates, and so on, are a security risk. ▪ At the entrance to the driveway were large iron gates. lock ▪ The rising water, filling the channel, meant that it was not difficult to reach Simon from the Lock gates. ▪ The jarrah timbers from the tracks were gradually used in the repair of lock gates. ▪ He sat astride the Lock gates and began to pull himself out along the top of them. ▪ Leakage at the lock gates and sluices. 4. ▪ I took the dinghy as far as we could go, right up near to the lock gates. ▪ They are used mainly for inspection of foundations, assessing the condition of lock gates and checking the progress of repair work. ▪ He began to run towards the Lock gates. ▪ Then she saw him, hanging on to one of the many bracing beams that ran horizontally across the Lock gates. receipt ▪ Official attendance at Windsor Park was 6,500 but gate receipts for the international reflected a crowd of 9,000! ▪ They used to keep the gate receipts in a brown paper bag. ▪ Recently relegated to the first division, the projected loss of Premier League gate receipts meant a further deficit of £400,000. ▪ We get our revenue from two sources, gate receipts and television. ▪ Even membership subscriptions and gate receipts held up. ▪ The gate receipts are going down faster than the guys who step into the ring against him. ▪ Leave popular players out of your side and gate receipts could drop. ▪ Unless Anderson has come up with a new math, the restriction means a $ 250, 000 reduction in gate receipts. school ▪ I took the steps in big bounds and pelted across the asphalt to the school gates. ▪ When she reached the school gate she discovered that there was no-one there. ▪ Mummies don't chair board meetings, mummies are the people who wait at the school gate in the rain. ▪ More significant than these are the phrases which imply that teachers have a responsibility which extends beyond the school gates. ▪ There were three or four cars lined up outside the junior school gates. ▪ I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates. ▪ They have to sort out the problem before the caretaker locks the school gates. ▪ The fight at the school gates has for ever been a staple of playground life. wicket ▪ Turn left into Bleak Terrace and go back on to the Fell through the wicket gate to the village boundary wall. ▪ The huddled figure shambled alongside the yew hedge towards the wicket gate. ▪ Cranston pulled at the bell and they were allowed through a wicket gate built into the ponderous door. ▪ He went up through the wicket gate and into the cemetery, a quiet, surprisingly well-kept plot. ▪ Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre. ▪ The Co-operative also had double doors with a wicket gate leading into a cobbled yard. ▪ We brought her in, four of us carrying her on a wicket gate. ▪ But the rector was opening the wicket gate at the side of the public house, and vanished from sight. VERB close ▪ In 1963, the Bureau closed the gates of Glen Canyon Dam. ▪ Once I was outside, I left the engine running and ran back to close the gate. ▪ Development, so denied, often results in closed gates, bad affect, boredom, and mindlessness among students and teachers. ▪ The Rifleman ducked under the arch, then waited as Harper closed the two heavy gates. ▪ The closed gate suddenly seemed miles away. ▪ They could close the gates and have him bottled up. ▪ Affect is the gatekeeper and determines whether the gates are open or closed. drive ▪ I pulled out of the eight, stamped the accelerator down through the floor and drove for a gate. ▪ Two months after I had driven through the main gates, I finally got to the flight line. ▪ They drove through the gates and up the avenue of ancient lime trees. ▪ He hid his face as his gray sedan drove through the prison gates. ▪ I couldn't leave, not if we drove past my gate. ▪ As Miller related it to his mates later, they were both asleep when they drove through the gates. ▪ I drove through the main gate. enter ▪ Jimmy, entering through the open gates, stared at the motorcar, a sign of real riches. ▪ I enter the fiery gates at noon. ▪ This is the first piece of fantasy that greets you when you enter the gates of the Studios. ▪ A pleasant-looking woman with a pleasing Seoul accent greeted my father as he entered the gate. ▪ From this you may form some idea of their distress, and the holy violence used in entering the strait gate. ▪ They were all pleased to enter the great gates of Holy Rood Abbey though Corbett sensed there was something wrong. ▪ From here cross the road and enter the church gate. ▪ Although entrance is free we have to lay aside everything to enter through the narrow gate, so that it costs us everything. guard ▪ Two green glazed lions guarded the gates to keep evil spirits at bay. ▪ Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from inside. ▪ Hence, there are now two uniformed security guards at the gate to Treasure Island at all times, Florin said. lead ▪ A brief moon between clouds outside sharpened the lines of boxwood that led to the wooden gate. ▪ Near the edge of town she surprised me by taking my hand and leading me to the gates of the cemetery. ▪ He led us through a gate and into a perfect little rose garden. ▪ He walked up to the main court and took the path that led to the gate nearest his street. ▪ Pass through this and follow the wall on your left which leads to another kissing gate. ▪ A stilted walkway led through a gate to the sand. ▪ She led her to the gate. leave ▪ We left by the back gate of the manor following a trackway through a wood. ▪ His campaign never even left the starting gate. ▪ He left a gate open and Mr Cod wandered off, never to be seen again. ▪ There were too many thieves in the village to leave it outside the gate. ▪ The danger of an upturn in inflation was highlighted today in figures showing the price of goods leaving the factory gate. ▪ The answer lies in those muttering organelles left behind at the gate when the sperm entered the egg. pass ▪ After he passed the gate, only toe prints could be seen. ▪ If any of the rabble attempt to pass the palace gates, blast them out of existence. ▪ Enter farmyard, turn right and keep right, to pass through gate and on to road. ▪ Every day refugees pulling carts passed the gates of the Institution. ▪ Soon he was cannoning off lime trees and, as they passed the second gates, crashed into the left-hand gatepost. ▪ We heard a suppressed murmuring and smelled rotting rags and old urine as we passed the gate. ▪ As they passed through the gate, Vasilissa took one of the skulls. ▪ They passed through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams. reach ▪ Norman reached the allotment gates and peered around. ▪ They looked back once more when they reached the gate. ▪ Pass through this and cross the meadow to reach a metal gate with a stone stile at the side of it. ▪ We reached the border gate at half past four and when we did, the bus came to an abrupt stop. ▪ In the fourth where the track to the farm bears right, keep walking on the grass until you reach a gate. ▪ He reached a gate and turned from the road. ▪ After a short distance you reach a gate with a gap at the side. ▪ When they reached the lower gate everyone was watching the mill, the strikers, the loggers, the blackshirts. shut ▪ She was on call to open and shut the gates at any hour, in any weather. ▪ Water managers have already shut a gate north of the crash site to reduce the southerly flow of water. ▪ He shut the gate behind Willie and the wetness from the top splashed into his face. ▪ If it shut the gate at night, the traffic would cease. ▪ He shut the gate then just ran straight out on to the road. ▪ But the town remained steadfastly loyal to the Old King and shut its gates against him. ▪ Others were fighting to shut the gate, pushing against the sheer bodyweight of the beasts in the gateway. ▪ She glanced back as she shut the gate behind her. stand ▪ Three days ago on our way up here we passed a field with two horses standing at a five-bar gate. ▪ A small army of men toting machine guns stood at the gate, which slowly swung open in front of us. ▪ Then she was standing at the church gates and looking down Lyra Street; looking, but not understanding. ▪ Hairy Back was smoking his pipe and laughing with a neighbour as he stood at his gate. ▪ I stood before the gate awhile and looked into the courtyard, breathing in garbage and sewer odors and another indescribable smell. ▪ In the film they stood at the gates of a temple. ▪ I just stood outside the gates and watched. start ▪ Pete is also about to start renovating the gates for Bathurst Park in Cirencester. ▪ His campaign never even left the starting gate. ▪ An important Hollywood Park race is run at the wrong distance after the starting gate is positioned incorrectly. ▪ If your horse didn't make it to the starting gate, sorry, there's no refund. stop ▪ As he stopped at the gate of the field, Bathsheba looked up and noticed him. ▪ What if you guys had been stopped at the gate? ▪ Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscan monastery to seek shelter. ▪ But for Gingrich, politics never stopped at the campus gate. ▪ Although there is a growing literature on prisons, prison research arbitrarily stops at the prison gates. ▪ I stopped beside a gate and examined my shoe but found nothing wrong with it. ▪ Square buses stop by the gate and laugh to themselves. ▪ Everything went according to plan and at noon the steward was stopped at the gate. swing ▪ The two cars swing out of the palace gates, and disappear down the avenue. ▪ Tom swung the graveyard gate to one side and Sammy shot through jumping and barking in the puddles. ▪ The jeep swung towards the gates of the sports ground, where more crowds were in place to cheer him. turn ▪ She turned at the gate and waved to me. ▪ She didn't turn into the gates, although they were open. ▪ They looked perfectly ordinary, and they turned in through the gates and went up the drive. ▪ He'd turned back towards the gates when a noise made him whip round. ▪ Reluctantly Theodora turned towards the gate to walk back to the Julians' and the interrogatory telephone. ▪ It turned in at the gate and came chuntering up the track to pull up beside them. ▪ It was ten o'clock when he turned in between the lodge gates and guided the Porsche down the winding drive to Tavey Grange. ▪ Blanche Arbuthnot turned in through the gates of her old home. wait ▪ At the house of the Chief Scribe, Reni's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them. ▪ Peach waited by the gate to the villa, searching the dark road anxiously for the lights of the car. ▪ Most days, Debon accompanies her and is waiting outside the gate when the final bell rings. ▪ I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip. ▪ More often than not she would give it to a starving family waiting at the gate. ▪ Mummies don't chair board meetings, mummies are the people who wait at the school gate in the rain. ▪ We know that he kept away from the moor, so it's unlikely that he waited at the moor gate every evening. walk ▪ They walked by a large gate and an enormous, neatly-kept garden. ▪ He could hear him as he walked on towards the gate. ▪ Few know when they may see their husbands, or what to expect when they walk through the gates. ▪ She walked up to the gate at the end of Kee's garden and waited. ▪ Kiah and Rilla walked to the gate. ▪ He was smiling as he walked through the hospital gates. ▪ In a while I saw Heathcliff walking through the gate. ▪ Slowly she walked back towards the gates of the Hall. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES like a bull at a gate ▪ They may fight like a lion or go at something like a bull at a gate. the pearly gates EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a garden gate ▪ The new Disney movie took a gate of $4.6 million. ▪ This game should get the biggest gate ever. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Enter farmyard, turn right and keep right, to pass through gate and on to road. ▪ Gritz and his team immediately drove in a recreational vehicle to the gate at Justus Township, Smith said. ▪ Next morning the sun rose to see a variety of signs hanging, not always squarely, on the battered quarry gate. ▪ On the next day the old king hid at the gate and observed it all. ▪ They walked towards the tall iron gates of the school. ▪ With the gates yet to come down, there is little agreement on how deregulation might shake out in the industry.
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