gated

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɡeɪtɪd/

Definition of gated

4 senses · 2 parts of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of gate
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of gate

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
  2. (not-comparable)Having a gate or other restricted access.
    “a gated community; a source control system with gated check-ins”
    “The flashing signal is intended mainly for use at crossings with lifting barriers, but it may be also be used at some gated crossings and, on minor roads, at some ungated crossings; [...].”
    “Gated, gilded and gaudy, they have sprung up all over China: overwrought government buildings erected at vast public expense, and in stark contrast to the shoddy state of so many homes and schools. In style they range from modernist brutalism to Versailles kitsch.”
  3. (not-comparable)Having a gate of a specified colour.
    “Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, a castle argent, gated and windowed gules; 2nd, gules three legs armed proper, flexed and conjoined triangularly at the upper end of the thigh, garnished and spurred or; 3rd, azure, a deer's head cabossed[…]”

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