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gateway

/ˈɡeɪˌtweɪ/

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What does gateway mean?

noun

  1. A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
  2. A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
  3. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
  2. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  3. 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

  1. To make available using a gateway, or access point.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡeɪˌtweɪ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe warlord of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #68
The sun was down—as far as that barrier was concerned, but not for the Jungfrau, towering into the heavens beyond the gateway.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
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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.
Richard JefferiesThe Pageant of SummerProject Gutenberg ebook #414
Pietro and his father quickly threaded their way through the crowd, and passed through the gateway into the steep narrow street beyond.
Amy SteedmanKnights of Art: Stories of the Italian PaintersProject Gutenberg ebook #529
A glimpse of the river through a dull gateway, where some waggons were housed for the night, seemed to arrest my feet.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766