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  • 31-gate — [ geıt ] suffix MAINLY JOURNALISM sometimes used with nouns to make a name for a political SCANDAL, especially one that affects the president or government of the U.S …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32-gate — suffix attached to any word to indicate scandal involving, 1973, abstracted from WATERGATE (Cf. Watergate), the Washington, D.C., building complex, home of the National Headquarters of the Democratic Party when it was burglarized June 17, 1972,… …

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  • 33gate — *door, portal, gateway, postern, doorway …

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  • 34-gate — is a suffix taken from the name Watergate, a building in Washington DC containing the headquarters of the Democratic Party, which was the centre of a break in and political scandal in 1972. The suffix is used in potentially limitless combinations …

    Modern English usage

  • 35gate — [n] movable barrier at entrance access, bar, conduit, door, doorway, egress, exit, gateway, issue, lock, opening, passage, port, portal, revolving door, slammer*, turnstile, way, weir; concepts 440,445 …

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  • 36gate — sb., n, s, ne; gå til gaten …

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  • 37Gate — [ge:t ], das; s, s <englisch> (Flugsteig auf Flughäfen) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 38gate — Gate. f. voyez Jate …

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  • 39gate- — etc) ● post …

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  • 40gate — wa·ter·gate; ag·gre·gate; cen·trif·u·gate; con·gre·gate; con·ju·gate; cor·ru·gate; del·e·gate; der·o·gate; elon·gate; in·gate; in·ter·ro·gate; lev·i·gate; li·gate; ne·gate; ob·li·gate; out·gate; prof·li·gate; seg·re·gate; sur·ro·gate; vir·gate;… …

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