Used in a Sentence

gated

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gated.

Editorial note

There would be no point--entry into the profession is already gated by the JD/LLM/bar exam requirements.

Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having a gate or other restricted access.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gated gathered in one view.

adjective

Having a gate or other restricted access.

adjective

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

adjective

(heraldry) Having a gate of a specified colour.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gated.

adjective

Having a gate or other restricted access.

adjective

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

adjective

(heraldry) Having a gate of a specified colour.

Example sentences

1

There would be no point--entry into the profession is already gated by the JD/LLM/bar exam requirements.

2

Established communities eventually become gated communities, with guards and dogs and sneers for the barbarians at the gates.

3

They are gated by signs with three faces, the right one is rotated into view at the appropriate times.

4

This is definitely the case for gated communities, although it isn't a major concern for me personally.

5

It's not gated communities, it's Wal-Mart, payday loan joints, low-end casinos and hawkers in the streets.

6

No sooner did they leave the gated area did they fall over the side about 15 feet into 3 foot water.

7

It appears that any service that attempts to remain un-gated eventually will be forced to run ads in order to stay afloat.

8

Most universities and gated communities are, in effect, private cities within larger municipalities.

9

People in a gated community don't want poor people moving into their neighborhood.

10

This should depend on your field, because some are more gated than others.

11

Now it looks like a gated community with TSA style security theater.

12

There is virtually no society on the planet that doesn't concentrate wealth and power among the elite one percent, gated off from the lower classes.

Quote examples

1

To look at it the other way, the unwillingness to accept "alternative" theories is probably gated more by emotion than by logic.

2

"Trayvon Martin was walking through a gated community when George Zimmerman pegged him for a thug and shot him dead." So why not mention the other side of the story?

3

Sure, I think you could add a bullet for "applications not gated through Citrix-like environments are written to be hardened against arbitrary client software, as opposed to the single company-spec version of Firefox that users are allowed to use in a Citrix session".

4

This is the world of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, a terrifying, but familiar world of gated communities and genetic engineering, with generalized poverty for everyone outside the corporate elite." That is an interesting idea but not likely to happen in the long run, but maybe during an intermediate state.

Proper noun examples

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Gated communities, private security and private cops are the next steps of it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gated in a sentence?

There would be no point--entry into the profession is already gated by the JD/LLM/bar exam requirements.

What does gated mean?

Having a gate or other restricted access.

What part of speech is gated?

gated is commonly used as adjective.