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age-gated

age-gated is the simple past and past participle of age-gate.

Meaning of age-gate

Verb

age-gate (third-person singular simple present age-gates, present participle age-gating, simple past and past participle age-gated)

  1. (transitive) To add an age gate to (content on the Internet).
    • Free speech campaigners have said the child-harm content restrictions have led to material on X being age-gated unnecessarily, along with some forums on Reddit including one dedicated to tackling alcohol abuse.2025 July 30, Dan Milmo, “UK online safety law leads to 5m extra age checks a day for pornography sites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Adjective

age-gated (not comparable)

  1. Restricted by an age gate.
    • And now, OpenAI says it will roll out age-gated “erotica” in December.2025 November 17, Lauren Kunze, “The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Questions about age-gated

What does age-gated mean?
Age-gated means restricted by an age gate.
What is age-gated the simple past and past participle of?
Age-gated is the simple past and past participle of age-gate.
What part of speech is age-gated?
Age-gated is an adjective.

Words near age-gated in the dictionary

  1. age up
  2. age-adjustment
  3. age-during
  4. age-fright
  5. age-gate
  6. age-gated
  7. age-gates
  8. age-gating
  9. age-long
  10. age-mate
  11. age-mates

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