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watergate

US/ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/

watergate noun: a gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water. Also the alternative form of water gate.

Noun

watergate (plural watergates)

  1. A gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water.

Proper noun capitalized: Watergate

Watergate

  1. An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

Verb capitalized: Watergate

Watergate (third-person singular simple present Watergates, present participle Watergating, simple past and past participle Watergated)

  1. (transitive) To treat in a manner reminiscent of the Watergate scandal.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To engage in activities associated with the Watergate scandal.

Also used as

watergate is also the alternative form of water gate.

watergate is also the alternative form of Watergate.

watergate meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

watergate in Hindi

वाटरगेट

watergate in Marathi

वॉटरगेट

watergate in Bengali

ওয়াটারগেট

watergate in Malayalam

വാട്ടർഗേറ്റ്
More languagesFewer languages
watergate in Punjabi
ਵਾਟਰਗੇਟ
watergate in Gujarati
વોટરગેટ
watergate in Nepali
वाटरगेट

Forms of watergate

Noun
pluralwatergates
Verb
third-person singular presentwatergates
present participlewatergating
past participlewatergated
pastwatergated
third-person singular presentWatergates
present participleWatergating
past participleWatergated
pastWatergated
alternative formwatergate

Origin of watergate

From Middle English watergate, wateregate, watur-ȝate, equivalent to water + gate.

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

Words formed from watergate

Phrases with watergate

Questions about watergate

What does watergate mean?
Watergate means a gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water.
What is watergate in Hindi?
Watergate in Hindi is वाटरगेट. See Watergate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is watergate?
Watergate can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce watergate?
Watergate is pronounced /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of watergate?
The plural of watergate is watergates.

Words near watergate in the dictionary

  1. waterful
  2. waterfunk
  3. waterfunks
  4. watergang
  5. watergangs
  6. watergate
  7. Watergate salad
  8. Watergate salads
  9. watergated
  10. watergates
  11. watergating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watergate (page history and authors); Watergate (page history and authors); watergate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); watergate (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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