Gateway Meaning
/ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
nounA place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
Sentence Examples
A car was blocking the gateway.
St. Louis, Missouri is famous for the Gateway Arch and the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
Education is the gateway to a better future.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient stone arch was the main ____ into the castle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ancient stone arch served as a ceremonial ____ to the forbidden city located deep in the jungle.
Word Origin & History
From gate + way.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"The staff offer a touch of Norfolk courtesy as they guide passengers onto connecting services. The bustling concourse has a wide selection of information and retail, including a very active city tourism presence. This station now feels like a real gateway to Norwich."
— 2020 December 30, Richard Clinnick, “Greater Anglia strikes again...”, in Rail, page 43:
"Just as they say that marijuana leads to harder drugs, Gallegly is claiming that crush is a “gateway fetish”—a term I've never heard before. He claims that if someone starts with bugs they'll end up escalating to human babies in no time."
— 2000, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, page 137:
"According to Mellody, love addiction is a gateway addiction leading to additional addictions: to sex, food, drugs, alcohol, and so on."
— 2012, Robert McRuer, Anna Mollow, Sex and Disability, page 327:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient stone arch was the main ____ into the castle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ancient stone arch served as a ceremonial ____ to the forbidden city located deep in the jungle.