Meaning

noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall

noun a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

noun total admission receipts at a sports event

originFrom Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”). See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt.

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