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# gateway

noun (a gateway, gateways)

«gateway» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An opening in a wall or fence that can be closed with a gate; an entrance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#m1)
2. A place you pass through to reach another place: «Dover is the gateway to France.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#m2)
3. Something that leads to something bigger: «Reading is a gateway to learning.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#m3)
4. (computers) A device that connects one computer network to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography a city can be called the gateway to a region; in stories gateways are often magical openings to other worlds. Phrases: «the gateway to», «stand in the gateway».

### Examples

- The cows came through the gateway into the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x1)
- St Louis is called the Gateway to the West, with its famous arch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x2)
- The old castle gateway had a heavy wooden door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x3)
- In the story, the wardrobe was a gateway to another world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x4)
- Learning to read is a gateway to every other subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x5)
- Don't block the gateway with your bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x6)
- The computer connects to the internet through a gateway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x7)
- Thereupon she led the girl by the hand up to a broad gateway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/#x8)

### Note

Countable; plural «gateways». A «gate» is the moving door; a «gateway» is the opening (and the gate). Often «the gateway to» + a place or an idea.

## In Jewish tradition

In geography a city can be called the gateway to a region; in stories gateways are often magical openings to other worlds. Phrases: «the gateway to», «stand in the gateway».

### Examples

- Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gateway/#x1)

### Note

Countable; plural «gateways». A «gate» is the moving door; a «gateway» is the opening (and the gate). Often «the gateway to» + a place or an idea.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gateway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gateway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gateway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gateway.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «gateway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gateway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gateway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gateway.html) on Mova free.