Dictionary

gated community en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post.
   • In physical terms, a gated community is a walled or fenced housing development to which public access is restricted and often guarded using CCTV and/or security personnel. 2008, Sarah Blandy, “Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities”, in John Flint, David Robinson, editors, Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 239:
2. (broadly) Anything exclusive having restricted access.
   • Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city. 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2024:

Forms

Relateds

walled garden

Synonyms

subdivision · walled community

Translations (13)

sv grindsamhälle (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · pt condomínio fechado (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · da gated community (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · cmn 門禁社區 /门禁社区 (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · fr quartier fermé (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · hu (őrzött) lakópark (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · ru закрытый жилой комплекс (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · ja ゲートコミュニティ (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · ru охраняемый жилой комплекс (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · de Gated Community (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · km បូរី (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · fr résidence fermée (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post) · nl hekwerkwijk (a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post)