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gateway

(geɪtweɪ)
Word forms: plural gateways
1. countable noun
A gateway is an entrance where there is a gate.
He walked across the park and through a gateway.
2. countable noun
A gateway to somewhere is a place which you go through because it leads you to a much larger place.
Lyon is the gateway to the Alps for motorists driving out from Britain. [+ to]
3. countable noun
If something is a gateway to a job, career, or other activity, it gives you the opportunity to make progress or get further success in that activity.
The prestigious title offered a gateway to success in the competitive world of modelling. [+ to]
4. countable noun
In computing, a gateway connects different computer networks so that information can be passed between them.
[computing]

gateway in British English

(ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ)
noun
1. 
an entrance that may be closed by or as by a gate
2. 
a means of entry or access
Mumbai, gateway to India
3. (modifier)
allowing entry, access, or progress to a more extreme form
gateway drug
gateway drink
4.  computing
hardware and software that connect incompatible computer networks, allowing information to be passed from one to another
5. 
a software utility that enables text messages to be sent and received over digital cellular telephone networks

gateway in American English

(ˈgeɪtˌweɪ)
noun
1. 
an entrance as in a wall, fitted with a gate
2. 
a means of access

Examples of 'gateway' in a sentence
gateway

Above the gateway were elaborate stone carvings of mythical beasts engaged in combat.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
Several horsemen had just been ushered through the gateway.
Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS (2002)
Some three miles to the south-west, through the gateway to London, came lunch.
Philip Marsden THE MAIN CAGES (2002)
The family cheered as the coach rumbled to the gateway, and Old Niccolo smiled and waved back.
Diana Wynne Jones THE MAGICIANS OF CAPRONA (2002)

In other languages
gateway

British English: gateway NOUN
A gateway is an entrance where there is a gate.
He walked across the park and through a gateway.
  • American English: gateway
  • Brazilian Portuguese: portão
  • Chinese: 大门入口
  • European Spanish: puerta
  • French: portail
  • German: Tor
  • Italian: entrata
  • Japanese: 門口
  • Korean: 대문
  • European Portuguese: portão
  • Latin American Spanish: portón

Chinese translation of 'gateway'

gateway

(ˈɡeɪtweɪ)

n (c)

  1. (= entrance) 门(門)口 (ménkǒu)
    the gateway to the continent 通向大陆(陸)的门(門)户(戶) (tōngxiàng dàlù de ménhù)
    a gateway to success/stardom 成功/成名之道 (chénggōng/chéngmíng zhī dào)
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