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gate

[geit] = /geɪt/
  1. At an airport or a train station, a gate is an exit with a number (for example: gate 4, gate 15). You have to go through a gate if you want to get on an airplane or a train.
    Passengers for Amsterdam should go to gate 13.
    Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to gate 27?
    Yesterday I missed my airplane because I couldn’t find my gate.