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age-gates

age-gates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about age-gates

What is age-gates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Age-gates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of age-gate.

Words near age-gates in the dictionary

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

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