gate

Everyday

1. A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. tree →
2. A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. tree →
3. A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. tree →

In the lessons

A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».

Examples

• The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. tree →
• 120 people came through the gate. tree →
• Our plane leaves from gate 9. tree →
• Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. tree →
• Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. tree →
• Mum waits for me at the school gate. tree →
• The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. tree →
• Never climb over the pool gate. tree →

Note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

In Jewish tradition

A gate is the city entrance where elders sat as judges and business was done; "thy gates" means one's towns.

Interpretation. Writing God's words on the "gates" is the mitzvah of the mezuzah, fixed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and rooms.

Examples

• And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. (Writings EST.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? (Writings JOB.38.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.