gate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɡeɪt/

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Noun

Singular gate

Plural gates

1. (countable) A gate is like a door in a fence. It opens to let people go through the fence.

   Please open the gate for me; my hands are full.

2. (countable) (computing) In computers and logic, a gate is something that gives a simple yes-or-no answer from two (or one, or more than two) yes-or-no things coming into it.

   We need one more "and"-gate here so that it will give the finished answer.