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# gate

«gate» in Mova's school dictionary: **a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gate, gates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m1)

2) A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m2)

3) A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».

### examples

- The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x1)
- 120 people came through the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x2)
- Our plane leaves from gate 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x3)
- Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x4)
- Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x5)
- Mum waits for me at the school gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x6)
- The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x7)
- Never climb over the pool gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x8)

### note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

### In the corpora

- [Sheepdog trials are real competitions where dog and shepherd move sheep through gates and into a pen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/14/)
- [Behind him, the gate creaked open" makes the whole class gasp, because we want to know what is behind the gate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/2/)
- [Babies and toddlers need a safety gate at the top and bottom of the stairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/15/)
- [Always close farm gates behind you so animals cannot escape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/15/)
- [Many animals guard their territory, such as a dog behind its own fence or gate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.