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gate

/ɡeɪt/noun

उच्चारण गेट

फाटक, द्वार

Basic word

noun
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    a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building; an exit from an airport building to a plane

    फाटक, द्वार

    • the school gate
    • Gate 12
    • Please close the gate when you leave.
    + 2 more examples
    • Passengers for Delhi should go to Gate 5.
    • The students waited outside the college gate.

    Synonyms gateway door entrance exit portal

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

gate (countable noun)

A gate is a barrier like a door in a wall, fence or entrance. It is countable.

Gate दीवार, बाड़ या प्रवेश पर दरवाज़े जैसी रुकावट है। यह countable है।

  • Close the gate behind you.
  • The school gate opens at eight.

at / by / through the gate

Use at or by for position, and through when you pass across it.

स्थिति के लिए 'at' या 'by' और उसे पार करने के लिए 'through' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Radhika waited at the gate.
  • They walked through the main gate.

gate at the airport / station

At an airport, a gate is the place where passengers board a plane: Gate 12.

हवाई अड्डे पर gate वह जगह है जहाँ यात्री विमान में चढ़ते हैं: Gate 12।

  • Your flight leaves from Gate 5.
  • The gate closes forty minutes before departure.

gate (sport): attendance

In sport, gate means the number of people who pay to watch, or the money collected.

खेल में 'gate' का अर्थ भुगतान करके देखने आए लोगों की संख्या या एकत्र धन है।

  • The gate for the final was over fifty thousand.

-gate (scandal suffix)

As a suffix, -gate names a political or public scandal, after Watergate.

Suffix के रूप में '-gate' राजनीतिक या सार्वजनिक घोटाले को बताता है, Watergate के बाद।

  • The newspaper called the scandal Cashgate.
+Collocations 5

verb + gate

opencloselockshutguardclimb over

  • Please lock the gate at night.

adjective + gate

mainironwoodengardenbackfront

  • The iron gate creaked loudly.

gate + noun

keeperpostwaycrasherreceiptsfee

  • The gate keeper checked every pass.

gate + preposition

at the gateoutside the gateinside the gatethrough the gateby the gate

  • Students gathered outside the college gate.

famous gates

India GateGateway of IndiaGolden GateBrandenburg GateLahori Gate

  • Tourists photographed India Gate at sunset.
“More examples 5
  • The guard did not let anyone enter without a pass at the gate.

पहरेदार ने gate पर बिना pass के किसी को अंदर नहीं जाने दिया।

  • Passengers for Delhi should go to Gate 9.

दिल्ली जाने वाले यात्री Gate 9 पर जाएँ।

  • Radhika's brother waited at the school gate every afternoon.

राधिका का भाई हर दोपहर स्कूल के gate पर इंतज़ार करता था।

  • The farmer left the field gate open, and the cows wandered out.

किसान ने खेत का gate खुला छोड़ दिया और गायें बाहर निकल गईं।

  • The ticket gates at the metro station open automatically.

मेट्रो स्टेशन के टिकट gates अपने आप खुलते हैं।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ Please wait in the gate.

✓ Please wait at the gate.

Use at for a point where you meet or wait.

मिलने या प्रतीक्षा करने के बिंदु के लिए 'at' का प्रयोग होता है।

✗ He opened the gate by the key.

✓ He opened the gate with the key.

Use with for the tool or instrument.

साधन के लिए 'with' का प्रयोग होता है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words name entrances, and they differ in size and use.

ये शब्द प्रवेश-द्वारों को बताते हैं और आकार तथा उपयोग में अलग हैं।

gate

A barrier in an outdoor wall or fence, or a boarding point.

बाहरी दीवार या बाड़ में रुकावट, या विमान में चढ़ने का स्थान।

  • He locked the gate.

door

A barrier at the entrance to a building or room.

इमारत या कमरे के प्रवेश पर रुकावट।

  • He knocked at the door.

entrance

The place or way by which you enter, with or without a gate.

प्रवेश का स्थान या मार्ग, gate हो या न हो।

  • The entrance is on the left.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Gatekeeper (a person who controls who can enter), gatecrash (go to a party without being invited), gateway (an entrance; a means of reaching something: 'Education is the gateway to success').

Collocation अक्सर पूछा जाता है: gatekeeper (प्रवेश नियंत्रित करने वाला, द्वारपाल), gatecrash (बिना निमंत्रण पार्टी में जाना), gateway (प्रवेश-द्वार; किसी तक पहुँचने का साधन: 'Education is the gateway to success')।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

The Gateway of India (Mumbai) was built to mark the visit of King George V (1911); India Gate (New Delhi) is a war memorial designed by Edwin Lutyens; the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar.

गेटवे ऑफ़ इंडिया (मुंबई) राजा जॉर्ज पंचम की यात्रा (1911) की स्मृति में बना; इंडिया गेट (नई दिल्ली) Edwin Lutyens द्वारा बनाया युद्ध स्मारक है; फ़तेहपुर सीकरी का बुलंद दरवाज़ा अकबर ने बनवाया।