gated

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/ˈɡeɪtɪd/

adjective

Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).

“a gated community; a source control system with gated check-ins”

Opposite
ungated
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of gate
adjectivegated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
  2. not comparableHaving a gate or other restricted access.

    a gated community; a source control system with gated check-ins

    3 more examples

    The flashing signal is intended mainly for use at crossings with lifting barriers, but it may be also be used at some gated crossings and, on minor roads, at some ungated crossings; [...].

    1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519

    Gated, gilded and gaudy, they have sprung up all over China: overwrought government buildings erected at vast public expense, and in stark contrast to the shoddy state of so many homes and schools. In style they range from modernist brutalism to Versailles kitsch.

    2013 July 27, “Architectural bombast”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2013

    Retired teacher Helene Ball won a three-year battle against Derbyshire County Council after it fenced off a 98cm gated gap between her garden and a council car park in April 2023.

    2026 September 22, Ben Mellor, Helen McCarthy, “'Lego-type blocks' anger woman who was fenced in”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026, retrieved 22 Sep 2026
  3. not comparablegovernmentHaving a gate of a specified colour.

    Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, a castle argent, gated and windowed gules; 2nd, gules three legs armed proper, flexed and conjoined triangularly at the upper end of the thigh, garnished and spurred or; 3rd, azure, a deer's head cabossed[…]

    1956, Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 203

    Antonyms: ungated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a gate of a specified colour.

Opposite
ungated

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gated

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

gated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gated

MLA

“gated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gated.

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