gates Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
   Bill Gates; William Henry Gates.
   
2. noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
   gate.
   
3. noun a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
   gate; logic gate.
   
4. noun total admission receipts at a sports event
   gate.
   
5. noun passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
   gate.
   
6. verb supply with a gate
   gate.
   
   • The house was gated
7. verb control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
   gate.
   
8. verb restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
   gate.
   

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