noun · neutral
gate
/ɡeɪt/GATE
Band 5-6speaking
a passage or door, especially at an airport where passengers board a plane
Examples
“The announcement said flight A123 will depart from gate 12.”
“Please be at the gate 30 minutes before departure.”
“They waited by the gate for their relatives to arrive.”
Band 8 sentence
“After checking the board, we realised our flight had changed gates twice within an hour.”
Collocations
- departure gate
- boarding gate
- gate number
Word family
gate noungated adjective
Common mistakes
The plane will leave from the door 4.→The plane will leave from gate 4.
Please wait at the main gate for boarding.→Please wait at the boarding gate.
Say it for a higher band
5door→6exit→7+gate
Synonyms
door
entrance
Easily confused
door
“She closed the door quietly behind her.”
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