gateway
/ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/
gateway noun: a passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
Noun
gateway (plural gateways)
- A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
- The staff offer a touch of Norfolk courtesy as they guide passengers onto connecting services. The bustling concourse has a wide selection of information and retail, including a very active city tourism presence. This station now feels like a real gateway to Norwich.2020 December 30, Richard Clinnick, “Greater Anglia strikes again...”, in Rail, page 43
- Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
- Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- a gateway drug
- Just as they say that marijuana leads to harder drugs, Gallegly is claiming that crush is a “gateway fetish”—a term I've never heard before. He claims that if someone starts with bugs they'll end up escalating to human babies in no time.2000, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, page 137
- Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
- In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
Verb
gateway (third-person singular simple present gateways, present participle gatewaying, simple past and past participle gatewayed)
- To make available using a gateway, or access point.
gateway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
gateway in Hindi
- गेटवे
gateway in Tamil
- வாயில், தலைவாயில், பெருவாயில், நுழைவாயில், முகப்புவழி, பிரவேசம்
gateway in Urdu
- دروازہ, پھاٹک
gateway in Bengali
- gateway
- দ্বার dar
More languagesFewer languages
- gateway in Telugu
- గడప gaḍapa
- gateway in Malayalam
- ഗോപുര ദ്വാരം, കവാടകമാനം, ചവിട്ടുപടി, പ്രവേശനമാർഗ്ഗം
- gateway in Kannada
- ಬಾಗಿಲು, ಹೊಗುಗೆ, ಅಡಂಬೆ, ಮಹಾದ್ವಾರ
- gateway in Punjabi
- ਗੇਟਵੇ, ਗੇਟਵੇਅ, ਗੇਟ ਵੇਅ
- gateway in Gujarati
- ગેટવે
- gateway in Assamese
- পদূলি poduli
- gateway in Nepali
- गेटवे, गेटवेइङ, गेट वेइङ
- gateway in Indonesian
- gerbang
- gateway in Vietnamese
- cổng vào
Examples of gateway in a sentence
- The moment they had passed, the pikes clashed together horizontally to bar the gateway, and all but pinned an abdominal citizen that sought to wedge in along with them.
- The station is clearly well looked after, making it a worthy gateway to the resort.
- BookTok seems to be a gateway to a reading hobby for many users.
Forms of gateway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gateways |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gateways |
| present participle | gatewaying |
| past participle | gatewayed |
| past | gatewayed |
Origin of gateway
From gate + way.
Words formed from gateway
Phrases with gateway
Questions about gateway
- What does gateway mean?
- Gateway means a passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- What is gateway in Hindi?
- Gateway in Hindi is गेटवे. See Gateway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gateway?
- Gateway can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gateway?
- Gateway is pronounced /ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/.
- What is the plural of gateway?
- The plural of gateway is gateways.
Words near gateway in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gateway (page history and authors); gateway (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gateway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gateway (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দ্বার (Bengali) (page history and authors); గడప (Telugu) (page history and authors); gateway (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gateway (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gateway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gateway (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gateway (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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