Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gate
Participle: gated
Gerund: gating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gate |
| you | gate |
| he;she;it | gates |
| we | gate |
| you | gate |
| they | gate |
Perfect
| I | have gated |
| you | have gated |
| he;she;it | has gated |
| we | have gated |
| you | have gated |
| they | have gated |
Past
| I | gated |
| you | gated |
| he;she;it | gated |
| we | gated |
| you | gated |
| they | gated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gated |
| you | had gated |
| he;she;it | had gated |
| we | had gated |
| you | had gated |
| they | had gated |
Future
| I | will gate |
| you | will gate |
| he;she;it | will gate |
| we | will gate |
| you | will gate |
| they | will gate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gated |
| you | will have gated |
| he;she;it | will have gated |
| we | will have gated |
| you | will have gated |
| they | will have gated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gate |
| you | gate |
| he;she;it | gate |
| we | gate |
| you | gate |
| they | gate |
Perfect
| I | have gated |
| you | have gated |
| he;she;it | have gated |
| we | have gated |
| you | have gated |
| they | have gated |
Imperfect
| I | gated |
| you | gated |
| he;she;it | gated |
| we | gated |
| you | gated |
| they | gated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gated |
| you | had gated |
| he;she;it | had gated |
| we | had gated |
| you | had gated |
| they | had gated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gate |
| you | would gate |
| he;she;it | would gate |
| we | would gate |
| you | would gate |
| they | would gate |
Perfect
| I | would have gated |
| you | would have gated |
| he;she;it | would have gated |
| we | would have gated |
| you | would have gated |
| they | would have gated |
Imperative
| you | gate |
| we | Let's gate |
| you | gate |
Verbs conjugated like 'gate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gate'
bate,
date,
fate,
gage,
gale,
game,
gane,
gape,
gat,
gaze,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
2. See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt.
Sample Sentences
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You climbed the wall, for which you ought to be gated; and finally, you came in blotto, for which you ought to be sent down. [1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:]
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“I’ve missed two lectures already,” remarked Maurice, who was breakfasting in his pyjamas.
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“Cut them all — he’ll only gate you.” [1971, E. M. Forster, chapter 13, in Maurice, Penguin, published 1972, page 72:]
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Dons could ring the front bell and be admitted after that hour. But students who returned after midnight or who stayed out all night were fined heavily or “gated” – that is, forbidden to leave college for several days. [2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 52:]
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Lillian walked the halls wearing a shirt plastered with what she assured everyone was a memetic stun agent; it looked just like the kill agent gating access to the SCP-001 database file, but as she patiently explained to McInnis, in art, context is everything. [2024 September 28, HarryBlank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2024:]