{
    "term": "gate",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ho/house_1.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building",
            "sensetop": "outside a gateat a gategate to something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **front/main gate**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the back/side gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an iron gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to open/close/shut a gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pushed open the garden gate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students were still standing outside the school gates.",
                    "contextForm": "outside a gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A crowd gathered at the factory gates.",
                    "contextForm": "at a gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone was waiting by the gate to his house.",
                    "contextForm": "gate to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't forget to shut the gate when you leave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gate shut behind him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The great gates of the abbey were shut fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The heavy gate swung open."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a set of ornamental gates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wide driveway with double gates"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Gardens"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "main", "entrance"],
                "… of gates": ["set"],
                "verb + gate": ["open", "bar", "close"],
                "gate + verb": ["open", "swing open", "close"],
                "preposition": ["through a/​the gate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an opening that can be closed by a gate or gates",
            "sensetop": "through a gate",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was slightly nervous as I entered the gates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We drove through the palace gates.",
                    "contextForm": "through a gate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go through the gate and continue down the track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He led us through a gate into a little garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hesitantly, he emerged from the gates of the prison."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "main", "entrance"],
                "… of gates": ["set"],
                "verb + gate": ["open", "bar", "close"],
                "gate + verb": ["open", "swing open", "close"],
                "preposition": ["through a/​the gate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane",
            "sensetop": "at a gate",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 8."
                },
                {
                    "text": "BA flight 726 to Paris is now boarding at gate 16.",
                    "contextForm": "at a gate"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "main", "entrance"],
                "… of gates": ["set"],
                "verb + gate": ["open", "bar", "close"],
                "gate + verb": ["open", "swing open", "close"],
                "preposition": ["through a/​the gate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a barrier that is used to control the flow of water on a river or canal",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lock/sluice gate"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "main", "entrance"],
                "… of gates": ["set"],
                "verb + gate": ["open", "bar", "close"],
                "gate + verb": ["open", "swing open", "close"],
                "preposition": ["through a/​the gate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the number of people who attend a sports event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Tonight's game has attracted the largest gate of the season."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the amount of money made by selling tickets for a sports event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Today's gate will be given to charity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a political scandal connected with the person, place or event mentioned, usually involving a cover-up (= an attempt to hide an illegal activity)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The newspapers have been running stories on the Partygate scandal for months."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "an electronic switch that reacts in one of two ways to data that is put into it. A computer performs operations by passing data through a very large number of gates.",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be successful from the beginning, especially in sport",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Grizzlies came out of the gate motivated, bursting to a 27–10 lead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team has struggled to get out of the gate this year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "right from the beginning of a situation or an activity",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The trouble began right out of the gate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Democrats had a clear advantage out of the gate."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪt/",
                "audio": "ga/gate/gate__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪt/",
                "audio": "ga/gate/gate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English gæt, geat, plural gatu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gat ‘gap, hole, breach’. Sense 7 from Watergate, the scandal in the United States that brought about the resignation of President Nixon in 1974."
}