age-gate

verb

To add an age gate to (content on the Internet).

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Meanings

verbage-gate (third-person singular simple present age-gates, present participle age-gating, simple past and past participle age-gated)

present singular third person age-gates · participle present age-gating · participle past age-gated · past age-gated

  1. transitiveTo add an age gate to (content on the Internet).

    Free speech campaigners have said the child-harm content restrictions have led to material on X being age-gated unnecessarily, along with some forums on Reddit including one dedicated to tackling alcohol abuse.

    2025 July 30, Dan Milmo, “UK online safety law leads to 5m extra age checks a day for pornography sites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

age-gate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age-gate

MLA

“age-gate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age-gate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “age-gate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age-gate.

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