gate
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- (countable) A gate is like a door in a fence. It opens to let people go through the fence.
- Please open the gate for me; my hands are full.
- (countable) (computing) In computers and logic, a gate is something that gives a simple yes-or-no answer from two (or one, or more than two) yes-or-no things coming into it.
- We need one more "and"-gate here so that it will give the finished answer.