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Definition: Gate |
GateNoun1. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall. 2. A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs. 3. Total admission receipts at a sports event. 4. Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark. Verb1. Supply with a gate: "The house was gated". 2. Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate. 3. Restrict movement to the dormitory or campus, of British schoolboys, as a means of punishment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Gate \Gate\ (g[=a]t), noun. [Old English [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate, door, Anglo-Saxon geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icelandic gat opening, hole, and perhaps to English gate a way, gait, and get, verb. Compare to Gatea way, 3d Get.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | GATE GAT Extended? Based on IT. [Sammet 1969, p. 139]. gate |
Aerospace | 1. To control passage of a signal as in the circuits of a computer.2. A circuit having an output and inputs so designed that the output is energized only when a definite set of input conditions are met. In computers, called AND-gate. (references) |
Bible | Gate (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3). (2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8). (3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2 Kings 18:16); of the holy place (1 Kings 6:31, 32; Ezek. 41:23, 24); of the outer courts of the temple, the beautiful gate (Acts 3:2). (4.) Tombs (Matt. 27:60). (5.) Prisons (Acts 12:10; 16:27). (6.) Caverns (1 Kings 19:13). (7.) Camps (Ex. 32:26, 27; Heb. 13:12). The materials of which gates were made were, (1.) Iron and brass (Ps. 107:16; Isa. 45:2; Acts 12:10). (2.) Stones and pearls (Isa. 54:12; Rev. 21:21). (3.) Wood (Judg. 16:3) probably. At the gates of cities courts of justice were frequently held, and hence "judges of the gate" are spoken of (Deut. 16:18; 17:8; 21:19; 25:6, 7, etc.). At the gates prophets also frequently delivered their messages (Prov. 1:21; 8:3; Isa. 29:21; Jer. 17:19, 20; 26:10). Criminals were punished without the gates (1 Kings 21:13; Acts 7:59). By the "gates of righteousness" we are probably to understand those of the temple (Ps. 118:19). "The gates of hell" (R.V., "gates of Hades") Matt. 16:18, are generally interpreted as meaning the power of Satan, but probably they may mean the power of death, denoting that the Church of Christ shall never die. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing or passing through a gate, foretells that alarming tidings will reach you soon of the absent. Business affairs will not be encouraging. To see a closed gate, inability to overcome present difficulties is predicted. To lock one, denotes successful enterprises and well chosen friends. A broken one, signifies failure and discordant surroundings. To be troubled to get through one, or open it, denotes your most engrossing labors will fail to be remunerative or satisfactory. To swing on one, foretells you will engage in idle and dissolute pleasures. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Fine Arts | Part of the cine camera and cine projector in which the film is held during the exposure or projection respectively of each frame. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | A device in which a leaf or member is moved across the waterway from an external position to control or stop flow. There are many different kinds of gates used on a dam. Some include:. (references) |
Industry | Repetition of the ordre in which warp threads are passed through the healds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | An orifice, provided to permit entry of the molten metal into the cavity or shape. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | In injection and transfer moulding, the orifice through which the moulding material enters the cavity of the mould from the feed. Gates vary considerably in design. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| The metal which solidifies in the channels leading to the mould. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A device for regulating the passage of gases. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. Eng. Gateway or gate road. A road or way underground for air, water, or general passage; a gangway. See also:gate end b. Eng. A road packed out in longwall goaf. When ripped in the waste to provide packing material on a conveyor face, it is called a dummy gate. Also called gate road; gateway; main brow; trail road c. The apparatus at the bottom of an ore chute for filling cars. Also called a chute d. Syn:swivel head diamond drill e. The closing piece in a stop valve f. A valve controlling the admission of water to a waterwheel or condui. (references) | |
Public Administration | A barrier that can be placed. . . so as to block passage along a way. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Position on extended runway centreline above which inbound aircraft are required to pass at time assigned by approach control. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, such as a castle or fortified town, or the actual doors that block entry through the gatehouse.In ancient and medieval times, gatehouses of cities and castles were heavily defended and fortified to prevent breaching of the gates. Often the gate would consist of several pairs of doors and iron grates along a tunnel through the gatehouse. The top of the tunnel commonly had murder holes to allow defenders to attack invaders trying to breach the inner doors. Drawbridges were common in conjuction with gates to facilitate passing the moat; moats were often used to increase the effective height of the walls.
See also: City gate, Triumphal arch, Torii
In a transistor, particularly a field effect transistor or FET, the Gate is the controlling terminal to which a voltage is applied to control the current passing between the Source and Drain.
In the context of electronic digital logic design, a gate is a logic function building block, such as and, or, not, nand, nor, xor (exclusive-or). For measuring the complexity of logic circuits such as ASICs, the amount of logic they contain is compared to a number of 2-input nand or nor gates.
Depending on technology, a 2-input nand or nor gate requires 4 or 6 transistors.
An edge-triggered D-type flip-flop is usually considered equivalent to 6 gates, more if it has clock enable and reset functionality.
See also: logic gate.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gate."
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Gate is a town located in Beaver County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 112.Geography
Gate is located at 36°51'7" North, 100°3'21" West (36.851903, -100.055805)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 112 people, 47 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density is 173.0/km² (443.8/mi²). There are 61 housing units at an average density of 94.2/km² (241.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.21% White, 0.00% African American, 1.79% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 4.46% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 47 households out of which 36.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% are non-families. 27.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 2.82. In the town the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $34,583, and the median income for a family is $45,000. Males have a median income of $31,563 versus $20,938 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,891. 5.1% of the population and 4.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gate, Oklahoma."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The suffix gate has been appended to many scandals following the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. Its use normally indicates that the source of the scandal is an audio tape of a private conversation.
- Applegate
- Billygate - scandal resulting from US President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally representing Libyan terrorist
- Bingogate
- Camillagate (tape of a telephone conversation between Charles, Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles)
- Cheriegate - concerning Cherie Blair's association with Carole Caplin
- Contragate/Irangate
- Dianagate/Squidgygate (tape of a telephone conversation between Diana, Princess of Wales and a male friend)
- Enrongate
- Filegate
- Gropegate
- Iraqgate
- Monicagate (also known as Zippergate)
- Nannygate
- Pardongate
- Pearlygate
- Rubbergate
- Travelgate
- Whitewatergate
- Winegate
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of scandals suffixed with gate."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Watergate was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis of the 1970s, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
On June 17, 1972 a group of five men were arrested while attempting to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The men were Bernard Baker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, James W. McCord, Jr and Frank Sturgis. McCord, being connected with the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), caused some speculation linking the crime with the White House, leading Nixon's press secretary Ron Ziegler to dismiss it as a "third-rate burglary". At his arraignment McCord identified himself as CIA. The Washington DC district attorney's office began an investigation of the links between McCord and the CIA, and eventually determined that McCord was in receipt of payments from CREEP. Two reporters from the Washington Post newspaper present at the trial - Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - began an investigation and subsequently published a series of articles that outlined some of the details from the investigation.
The president, however, asked the CIA to slow the FBI's investigation of the crime, by claiming that "National Security" would be put at risk. In fact, the crime, and numerous other "dirty tricks", had been planned in the White House by CREEP head by John Mitchell, the Attorney General, probably with the President's knowledge. Mitchell's assistant, Jeb Stuart Magruder, confirmed that he overheard Nixon order Mitchell to conduct the break-in in order to gather intelligence about the activities of Larry O'Brien, the director of the Democratic Campaign Committee. A special investigation unit had been set up in June 1971 by the White House - a group of 'plumbers' under the direction of G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt investigated leaks and ran various operations against the Democrats. The Watergate break-in was a second visit to replace an earlier installed bug that was faulty.
On January 8, 1973, the original burglars along with Liddy and Hunt went to trial. All except McCord and Liddy pleaded guilty, but they were all found guilty of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping. The accused had been paid to plead guilty but say nothing, and this angered the trial judge John Sirica (known as "Maximum John" because of his harsh sentencing). Sirica handed down thirty-year sentences but indicated he would reconsider if the group would be more cooperative. McCord complied, implicated CREEP, and admitted to perjury. Thus, instead of ending with the trial and conviction of the burglars, the investigations grew broader than ever; a Senate Committee chaired by Sam Ervin was set up to examine Watergate and started to subpoena White House staff.
On April 30, Nixon was forced to ask for the resignations of two of his most powerful aides, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman (White House Chief of Staff) and John Ehrlichman (Domestic affairs advisor), both of whom would soon be indicted and ultimately go to prison. He also fired the White House counsel, John Dean, who had just testified before the Senate and would go on to became the key witness against Nixon himself. On the same day, Nixon named a new Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, and gave him authority to designate a special counsel for the growing Watergate inquiry, who would be independent of the regular Justice Department hierarchy to preserve his independence. On May 18, Richardson named Archibald Cox to the position. The televised hearings began in the United States Senate the day before.
Seven Nixon aides were indicted for their role in the Watergate scandal and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice on March 1, 1974.
The Watergate Tapes
The Senate hearings held by the Senate Watergate Committee, in which Dean was the star witness and many other former key administration officials gave damaging testimony, were broadcast through most of the summer, causing devastating political damage to Nixon. The Senate investigators also discovered a crucial fact on July 13: Alexander Butterfield revealed during an interview with a committee staff member that a taping system in the White House automatically recorded everything in the Oval Office - tape recordings that could prove whether Nixon or Dean was telling the truth about key meetings. The tapes were soon subpoenaed by both Cox and the Senate.
Nixon refused, citing the theory of executive privilege, and ordered Cox, via Attorney General Richardson, to drop his subpoena. Cox's refusal led to the "Saturday Night Massacre" on October 20, 1973, when Nixon fired Richardson and then his deputy in a search for an Attorney General willing to fire Cox. This search ended with Robert Bork, and the new Attorney General fired Cox. Allegations of wrongdoing caused Nixon to famously state "I am not a crook" in front of 400 Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida on November 17, 1973.
While Nixon continued to refuse to turn over actual tapes, he did agree to release edited transcripts of a large number. These largely confirmed Dean's account, and caused further embarrassment when a crucial, eighteen-and-a-half-minute portion of one tape, which had never been out of White House custody, was found to have been erased.
This issue went all the way to the Supreme Court and on July 24, 1974 the Court unanimously ruled in United States v. Nixon that Nixon's claim of executive privilege over the tapes was void and they further ordered him to surrender them to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski. On July 30 he complied with the order and released the subpoenaed tapes.
Impeachment Articles
In 1974, the House of Representatives began formal investigations into the possible impeachment of the President. The House Judiciary Committee voted 27 to 11 on July 27, 1974 to recommend the first article of impeachment against the President: obstruction of justice. Then on July 29 the second article, abuse of power, was passed and on July 30 the third, contempt of Congress, was also passed.
In August, a previously unknown tape was released for June 23, 1972, recorded only a few days after the break-in, in which Nixon and Haldeman formulated the plan to block investigations by raising fictional national security claims. The tape was referred to as a "smoking gun". With this last piece of evidence, Nixon's few remaining supporters deserted him. The 10 congressmen who had voted against the Articles of Impeachment in Committee announced that they would now all support impeachment when the vote was taken in the full House. Nixon's support in the Senate was now equally weak.
After being told by key Republican Senators that enough votes existed to convict him, Nixon decided to resign, which he did on August 9, 1974. Ultimately, Nixon was never actually impeached or convicted, since his resignation voided the issue. He was succeeded by Gerald Ford, who on September 8 issued a pardon for Nixon.
The effects of the Watergate scandal did not by any means end with the resignation of President Nixon. Indirectly, Watergate was the cause of new laws leading to extensive changes in campaign financing. It was a major factor in the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, as well as laws requiring new financial disclosures by key government officials. While not legally required, other types of personal disclosure, such as releasing recent income tax forms, became expected. Knowing he was comfortably ahead in the 1972 election, Nixon refused to debate his opponent, George McGovern. No major candidate for the presidency since has been able to avoid debates. Previous Presidents since Franklin Roosevelt had recorded many of their conversations but after Watergate this practice became virtually non-existent.
Watergate led to a new era in which the mass media became far more aggressive in reporting on the activities of politicians. For instance, when Wilbur Mills, a powerful congressman, was in a drunken driving accident a few months after Nixon resigned, the incident, similar to others which the press had previously never mentioned, was reported, and Mills soon had to resign. In addition to reporters becoming more aggressive in revealing the personal conduct of key politicians, they also became far more cynical in reporting on political issues. A new generation of reporters, hoping to become the next Woodward and Bernstein, embraced investigative reporting and sought to uncover new scandals in the increasing amounts of financial information being released about politicians and their campaigns.
See also:
- List of scandals suffixed with gate
- E. Howard Hunt
- Deep Throat
- Nixon's Enemies List
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Watergate scandal."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GATE | English | General Access to X.25 Transport Extension | Computing |
| GAA | English | Gate all around | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: GateSynonym: logic gate (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: drive-in (mining). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border; (edge). |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
Hindrance | Turnstile, turnpike; gate, portcullis. |
Inclosure | Barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle; door, hatch, cordon; prison. |
Interment | Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence. |
Opening | Portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate. |
Prosperity | Made man, lucky dog, enfant gate, spoiled child of fortune. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Right out the old front gate. (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël) I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher) I have no gate key. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) None of your five bar gate jumps and over sort of stuff (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen) I'm going in and out of that gate until I get nine baseball caps (A Charlie Brown Celebration; writing credit: Charles M. Schulz) | |
Lyrics | Let them know we bought that cake, straight out the gate (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) When they pull that gate (Amarillo By Morning; performing artist: George Strait) Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns (Taxi; performing artist: Harry Chapin) From heaven's gate (I Need You; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) Ash tray, flip gate, time to spark it (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY) | |
Clever | The difference between flight attendants and jet engines is that the engines usually quit whining when they get to the gate. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Gate (2001) China Gate (1957) Golden Gate Girl (1941) The Man at the Gate (1940) Crashing the Gate (1933) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gate to a malaria lab in the suburbs of Calcutta, where Sir Ronald Ross discovered the manner by which malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. Credit: CDC. |  | Three ER-2 over Golden Gate Bridge. Credit: NASA. |
 | Main Gate and Hangar at the Glenn Research Center. Credit: NASA. |  | Approaching the Golden Gate. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Richard Bourgerie of the NOAA NOS CO-OPS office atop the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge on a glorious fall day. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | View from the top of the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge looking down onto the deck of the bridge. The surface of the water is more than 700 feet below. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | The charter vessel (CPFV) SALTY LADY racing across San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Large marlin being pulled through the stern gate. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The tide gate at the mouth of Army Creek on the Delaware side of the river. The tide gate drains flood and rain water out of the creek to prevent flooding. The five circular mechanisms on the gate open and close to control water flow. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Golden Gate Bridge, San Franci" by Tibo Commentary: "View from the vista point, an evening of september 2002." | "The Gate" by Nicholas Ong Commentary: "The entrance to my humble abode." |
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 | Closing and latching a squeaky chain-link gate. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The wishing gate opens into nothing. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. |
| Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody. | |
Thomas p Kempis | The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock. |
William Shakespeare | Soft pity enters an iron gate. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | When we overtook him he was climbing a gate, and was gazing earnestly into the field, where a horse, a cow, and a kid were browsing amicably together |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He joined it once again, and wondering why and whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron gate. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Unless one had seen them through the grated gate of the garden, it would have been difficult to guess that they lived in the Rue Plumet |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Puzzled for the moment by saint John at the Latin gate. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The front door hung open inward, and a low strong gate across the front door hung outward on leather hinges |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | According to this idea, called the AND gate theory, these events do not have to occur at the same time, but their effects would have to linger and eventually coincide to bring about Alzheimer's disease. (references) | |
Business | Domestic production of pumps and compressors in Ecuador is non-existent, and domestic valve production is limited to iron gate valves and bronze seals. (references) | |
Although some American companies participated in the Rinku Gate Tower Building and the International Conference Center Building, and an American design firm participated in the basic design work for the Kishiwada Old Port Development, traditionally many American and other foreign construction companies and architecture firms have not participated in OPG projects. (references) | ||
Economic History | Turkey | With 18 boarding bridges and another 12 gates, the terminal can handle 30 simultaneous gate arrivals and departures. (references) |
Ukraine | It is estimated that Ukraine is losing millions of dollars annually from under-utilizing its airspace, and through lost overflight charges, landing fees, gate fees, aircraft servicing charges, etc. (references) | |
Haiti | Political parties and coalitions: Fanmi Lavalas (FL), Struggling People's Organization (OPL), Open the Gate Party (PLB), Christian Movement for a New Haiti (MOCHRENHA), Democratic Consultation Group (ESPACE), Popular Solidarity Alliance (ESKANP), several others. (references) | |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | On March 4, unknown persons shot and killed 72-year-old Gloria Olds, a commercial white farmer, in front of her farm gate in Matabeleland North province. (references) |
Zimbabwe | No action reportedly has been taken against the three men armed with rifles who killed white farmer Henry Elsworth and seriously injured his son in an ambush attack outside his farm gate in December 2000. There were continuing reports of ritual murders and killings of children for body parts that were associated with traditional religious practices. (references) | |
Minorities | Yugoslavia | On February 13 and 14, stickers with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages were placed on the entrance of the Jewish Community Center of Belgrade, on the gate of the synagogue, and on the fence of the Jewish cemetery. (references) |
Trade | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan's state-owned National Bank of Uzbekistan for Foreign Economic Activity (NBU) functions as the financial gate between the Government of Uzbekistan and the rest of the world; it is the main channel for the inflow, distribution and servicing of foreign financing and investments. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | On August 8, 18 garment workers were trampled to death because an exit gate jammed as they were fleeing a factory after a fire alarm. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services and virtues. To this class of inscriptions belongs the name of John Smith, penciled on the Washington monument. Following are examples of memorial inscriptions on tombstones: (See EPITAPH.) "In the sky my soul is found, And my body in the ground. By and by my body'll rise To my spirit in the skies, Soaring up to Heaven's gate. 1878." "Sacred to the memory of Jeremiah Tree. Cut down May 9th, 1862, aged 27 yrs. 4 mos. and 12 ds. Indigenous." "Affliction sore long time she boar, Phisicians was in vain, Till Deth released the dear deceased And left her a remain. Gone to join Ananias in the regions of bliss." "The clay that rests beneath this stone As Silas Wood was widely known. Now, lying here, I ask what good It was to let me be S. Wood. O Man, let not ambition trouble you, Is the advice of Silas W." "Richard Haymon, of Heaven. Fell to Earth Jan. 20, 1807, and had the dust brushed off him Oct. 3, 1874." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tom Ridge | Exactly. Their own iris scan, fingerprint scan, facial recognition, so that it might ease their pass through the gate and onto the airplane. Again, strictly talking to them on a voluntary capacity, but it does make some sense. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.68% of the time. "Gate" is used about 3,535 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.68% | 2,994 | 3,129 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.86% | 525 | 11,636 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.42% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,535 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "gate" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gate | Last name | 200 | 37,974 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "gate". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Pethahiah | N/A | Biblical | Gate of the Lord |
| Sheariah | N/A | Biblical | Gate of the Lord |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| Canada | Lions Gate Entertainment Corp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Gate, OK (town, FIPS 28800) |
Expressions using "gate": aft gate ♦ analog gate ♦ analogue gate ♦ AND gate ♦ AND positive gate ♦ arrival gate ♦ Barrier gate ♦ bascule gate ♦ beautiful gate ♦ blast gate ♦ bulkhead gate ♦ city gate ♦ conjunction gate ♦ Corpse gate ♦ departure gate ♦ dipylon gate ♦ divisional gate ♦ drawn gate length ♦ East gate ♦ enfant gate ♦ Flood gate ♦ gate array chip ♦ Gate chamber ♦ Gate channel ♦ gate circuit ♦ Gate City ♦ gate crasher ♦ gate doping ♦ Gate hook ♦ gate II ♦ gate inhibition ♦ gate keeper ♦ gate length ♦ Gate money ♦ gate or gates ♦ gate position ♦ gate recesses ♦ gate saw ♦ Gate tender ♦ gate transitions ♦ gate turnoff thyristor ♦ Gate valva ♦ gate valve ♦ gate vault ♦ Gate vein ♦ get the gate ♦ give smb. the gate ♦ Golden Gate ♦ golden gate bridge ♦ Gulf Gate Estates ♦ head gate ♦ intermediate gate ♦ Iron Gate ♦ lich gate ♦ Lift gate ♦ lifting gate ♦ lock gate ♦ Lodge gate ♦ logic gate ♦ lych gate ♦ majority gate ♦ MOS NAND gate ♦ MOS NOR gate ♦ nand gate ♦ Ocean Gate ♦ offset gate ♦ old gate ♦ or gate ♦ paradox gate ♦ patterned gate length ♦ pay gate ♦ postern gate ♦ pression gate ♦ Pretorian gate ♦ programmable gate array ♦ saw gate ♦ sea gate ♦ second gate ♦ Sidney gate ♦ slide gate ♦ sliding gate ♦ sluice gate ♦ small roller with shields roller gate ♦ South Gate ♦ South Gate Plaza ♦ South Gate Ridge ♦ starting gate ♦ submergible roller gate ♦ substrate gate ♦ tail gate ♦ threshold gate ♦ ticket gate ♦ Tide gate ♦ to stand in the gate ♦ toll gate ♦ town gate ♦ Vails Gate ♦ Walton's rising sill gate ♦ waste gate ♦ water gate ♦ West Gate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gate": gate-array, gate-array-chip, gate-crash, gate-crashed, gate-crashers, gate-crashing, gate-guard, gate-house, gate-houses, gate-jerking, gate-keeper, gate-keepers, gate-keeping, gate-leg, gate-leg table, gate-legged, gate-legged table, gate-lodge, gate-money, gate-oxide, gate-post, gate-posts, gate-structure, gate-towers, gate-type, gate-vaulter, gate-ways. | |
Ending with "gate": factory-gate, kissing-gate, tail-gate, wicket-gate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
baldurs gate | 2,467 | golden gate university | 311 |
bill gate | 2,453 | golden gate transit | 304 |
golden gate bridge | 2,206 | gate fence | 295 |
gate | 2,065 | gate opener | 262 |
gareth gate | 1,199 | heavens gate | 234 |
baldurs gate 2 | 905 | safety gate | 231 |
golden gate | 845 | baldur s gate | 228 |
baby gate | 534 | security gate | 219 |
garden gate | 489 | baldurs gate 2 cheat | 216 |
golden gate park | 485 | gate mcfadden | 215 |
sf gate | 437 | gate valve | 196 |
iron gate | 360 | baulders gate | 193 |
pet gate | 356 | bill gate biography | 189 |
baldurs gate cheat | 345 | enemy at the gate | 187 |
baldurs gate ii | 342 | gate belt | 183 |
baldurs gate dark alliance | 332 | hell gate | 181 |
wrought iron gate | 318 | bill melinda gate foundation | 168 |
bill gate house | 316 | baldurs gate portrait | 167 |
baldurs gate walk through | 314 | south gate california | 165 |
baldurs gate 2 walk through | 313 | dog gate | 163 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hek, deur (by, by means of, door, from, of, on, since, through, with). (various references) | |
Albanian | tra postbloku, shluzë (canal lock, floodgates, sluice, water gate), sasi e shikuesit, portë (door, entry, exit, gateway, lock, portal, threshold, water gate), porta, mbledhje parash (gate money, snowball), kangjella (banisters, railing), hyrje (access, accession, adit, aisle, barrier, door, entrance, entry, front door, gateway, hall, hallway, incoming, induction, inflow, inflowing, ingoing, ingress, inlet, input, intake, intromission, lead in, opening, porch, portal, preamble, preface, prelude, proem, prolegomena, prologue, throat). (various references) | |
Arabic | ممر ضيق بجبل, ممر ضيق (couloir, defile, gap, gat, gorge, gut), مدخل أرضي, مدخل (access, door, doorway, entrance, entry, entryway, gateway, hallway, inlet, introduction, opening, preface, start, vestibule, way in), عدد المشاهدين, الدخل, بوابة (gateway, port, portal, usherette), باب كبير, باب متحرك, باب (affair, chapter, door, entry, field, hatch, issue, kind, matter, port, rubric, section, sort, source, subject). (various references) | |
Asturian | puerte (door). (various references) | |
Basque | atea. (various references) | |
Bemba | impongolo. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уволнение (chop, chuck, discharge, dismissal, dismission, muster out, release, separation, walking orders), целият приход от входна такса, шлюз (coffer, cofferdam, floodgate, hatch, lock, penstock, sluice), клапа (finger-hole, flap, key, pallet, register, shutter, stop, valve, vent, ventage, ventil), врата (door, gateway, goal, home, hoop), леяк (intake, runner), бариера (barrier, railing, traverse), порта (gateway), планински проход (ghat). (various references) | |
Catalan | porta (door, gateway, portal). (various references) | |
Cebuano | ganghaan. (various references) | |
Chamorro | tranka. (various references) | |
Chinese | 閎 (big), 門口 (doorway), 門 (door, field of endeavor), 门 (Door, DOORS, Gates, out-of-door, out-of-doors, Phyla, Phylum, Portal), 大門 (door, entrance). (various references) | |
Cornish | yet. (various references) | |
Czech | vrata (barndoor, door), vrátka, vchod (doorway, entrance), východ (east, exit, Orient, rise, rising), propust, návštìvnost (turnout), branka (goal, hoop, wicket), brána (gateway). (various references) | |
Danish | port (gateway, portal). (various references) | |
Dutch | uitgang (ending, exit, way out), poort (gateway, port, portal), draaihek. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | puncu (door). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pordo (door), pordego (gateway, portal), pasejo (gangway, passage, passageway), barilpordo. (various references) | |
Estonian | värav. (various references) | |
Faeroese | grind (gateway, portal), portur. (various references) | |
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