gateway en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From gate + way.
Meanings
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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:
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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.
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(attributive) 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.
According to Mellody, love addiction is a gateway addiction leading to additional addictions: to sex, food, drugs, alcohol, and so on.
2012, Robert McRuer, Anna Mollow, Sex and Disability, page 327: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:a gateway drug
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gateways | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Ketchikan Gateway Borough · Gateway to the West · gateway drug · gateway community · gatewayman
Hyponyms
default gateway (digital communication)
Translations (77)
de Einfahrt (entrance) · gl pasadoiro (entrance) · fr porte (entrance) · pl wjazd (entrance) · sv gateway (computer network access point) · as পদূলি (entrance) · ca passarel·la (entrance) · tr ağ geçidi (computer network access point) · tyz cạm (entrance) · de Zugang (entrance) · de Tor (entrance) · cmn 網關 /网关 (computer network access point) · ka შესასვლელი (entrance) · ja 通路 (entrance) · pl wejście (entrance) · cmn 閘道器 /闸道器 (computer network access point) · hu átjáró (computer network access point) · gl ástrago (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · fi yhdyskäytävä (computer network access point) · es portal (entrance) · id gerbang (computer network access point) · ru вход (entrance) · fr passerelle (entrance) · pl terminal (point at which freight is interchanged between transportation lines) · ca passarel·la (computer network access point) · sv nätsluss (computer network access point) · ka გადასასვლელი (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · de Protokollumsetzer (computer network access point) · el πύλη δικτύου (computer network access point) · es puerta (entrance) · it varco (entrance) · ru воро́та (entrance) · it entrata (entrance) · ru термина́л (point at which freight is interchanged between transportation lines) · sv förmedlingsnod (computer network access point) · pl wejście (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · de Gateway (computer network access point) · sv port (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · tr giriş (entrance) · fr passerelle (computer network access point) · ru шлюз (entrance) · mi waharoa (entrance) · it gateway (computer network access point) · gl portal (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · bg вход (entrance) · pl brama sieciowa (computer network access point) · gl poldra (entrance) · ka გასასვლელი (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · es salida (entrance) · bg врата (entrance) · ka კარიბჭე (entrance) · tr kapı (entrance) · cmn 入口 (entrance) · ja 入り口 (entrance) · ka კარი (entrance) · gl estoa (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · da indgangsport (entrance) · nb inngangsport (entrance) · da indgangspotal (entrance) · vi cổng vào (entrance) · fi terminaali (point at which freight is interchanged between transportation lines) · es verja (entrance) · es entrada (entrance) · el πύλη (entrance) · fi portti (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · gl pondra (entrance) · ja ゲートウェイ (computer network access point) · it terminal (point at which freight is interchanged between transportation lines) · cmn 門口 /门口 (entrance) · nn inngangsport (entrance) · ru шлюз (computer network access point) · fr gateway (computer network access point) · ru порт (computer network access point) · fi portti (entrance) · it porta (entrance) · it portale (point that represents the beginning of a transition) · sv inkörsport (point that represents the beginning of a transition)