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gateway
/ˈɡeɪˌtweɪ/
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What does gateway mean?
noun
- A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
- Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
More meanings (4)
noun
- Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- 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.
verb
- To make available using a gateway, or access point.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡeɪˌtweɪ/
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Thurid and Matai Shang went also, and as they reached the gateway the black turned and laughed again aloud in my face.
The sun was down—as far as that barrier was concerned, but not for the Jungfrau, towering into the heavens beyond the gateway.
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A yellowhammer has just flown from a bare branch in the gateway, where he has been perched and singing a full hour.
Pietro and his father quickly threaded their way through the crowd, and passed through the gateway into the steep narrow street beyond.
A glimpse of the river through a dull gateway, where some waggons were housed for the night, seemed to arrest my feet.