(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or the grounds of a building.
He opened the ~ and started walking up to the house.
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2.
In an airport, a ~ is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their aeroplane.
Passengers with hand luggage can go straight to the departure ~ to check in there.
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3.
Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a ~ into a city.
...9 Palace Gate.
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4.
The ~ at a sporting event such as a football match or baseball game is the total number of people who attend it.
Their average ~ is less than 23,000.
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