Definitions for Gates
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1. Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gatesnoun

   United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

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1. gates

   Gates are structures used for blocking or allowing passage through a certain area. They typically move by swinging or sliding open and close and often serve as entrances or exits in fences, walls, or any sort of barrier. These structures can be both large or small, simple or intricate, manual or automatic, and are found in various spaces including residential homes, commercial buildings, parks, transit systems, and more. The concept of gates is also used in various fields in a metaphorical or symbolic sense, such as in electronics, computing, aviation, and biology.

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1. Gates

   Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York. The town is named after General Horatio Gates. The population was 28,400 at the 2010 census. Gates and North Gates are census-designated places located within the town's boundaries. The Town of Gates is in the southwest part of the county.

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1. gates

   Song lyrics by gates -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by gates on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. GATES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gates is ranked #648 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gates surname appeared 52,569 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 18 would have the surname Gates.
   
   75% or 39,448 total occurrences were White.
   19.1% or 10,056 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 1,251 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 1,083 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 400 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 326 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Computer Scientist
   • Entrepreneur

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gates' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4720

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gates' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4076

Anagrams for Gates »

1. Geats

2. stage

How to pronounce Gates?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Gates in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gates in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gates in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Gates in a Sentence

1. Eknath Easwaran:

   The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate we ask ourselves, Are these words true? If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate we ask, Are they necessary? At the last gate we ask, Are they kind?

2. Said Cooke:

   I ended up requesting the police department to shut the gates.

3. US District Judge Royce Lambeth, ordering CIA Director Robert Gates to testify at the Clair George trial.:

   Mr. Gates is up to his eyeballs in his knowledge of this stuff.

4. Arkady Babchenko:

   Once the gates of the morgue closed behind me, I was resurrected.

5. Pope Francis:

   I asked him why, and Vladimir Putin replied :' They are barking at the gates of Russia. And they do not understand that the Russians are imperial and do not allow any foreign power to approach them,'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Gates
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Gates
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html