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gatekeeped

gatekeeped is the simple past and past participle of gatekeep.

Meaning of gatekeep

Verb

gatekeep (third-person singular simple present gatekeeps, present participle gatekeeping, simple past and past participle gatekept)

  1. (transitive) To control or limit access to something.
  2. (transitive) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
  3. (broadly, transitive) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.

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Synonyms of gatekeeped

Questions about gatekeeped

What is gatekeeped the simple past and past participle of?
Gatekeeped is the simple past and past participle of gatekeep.

Words near gatekeeped in the dictionary

  1. gatehouse
  2. Gatehouse of Fleet
  3. gatehouseite
  4. gatehouses
  5. gatekeep
  6. gatekeeped
  7. gatekeeper
  8. gatekeeperism
  9. gatekeepers
  10. gatekeepership
  11. gatekeeperships

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