Sekirov Dictionary

gateway

/ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

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A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […]. — 1963
A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
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[before a noun] Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- a gateway drug
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.

verb1

To make available using a gateway, or access point.

forms

gatewayed · gatewaying · gateways

Phrases with gateway

gateway drug
A typically legal or less harmful substance, such as marijuana, whose use is statistically associated with an increased likelihood of progressing to a more dangerous or illicit drug.

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