"Watergate" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/ [US]
Etymology: From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Watergate
  1. An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. Categories (topical): Historical events, History of the United States, US politics Categories (place): Washington, D.C. Derived forms: -gate, Watergate salad Translations (scandal): ووتر غيت (wuatar ghit) [masculine] (Arabic), 水門事件 (Chinese Mandarin), 水门事件 (Shuǐmén shìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Watergate (Finnish), Watergate-skandaali (Finnish), Watergate [masculine] (French), უოტერგეიტი (uoṭergeiṭi) (Georgian), უოტერგეიტის სკანდალი (uoṭergeiṭis sḳandali) (Georgian), Watergate (German), Watergate-Affäre [feminine] (German), Watergate-Skandal [masculine] (German), वॉटरगेट (vŏṭargeṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), Watergate (Indonesian), ウォーターゲート事件 (Wōtāgēto jiken) (alt: ウォーターゲートじけん) (Japanese), ウォーターゲート (Wōtāgēto) (Japanese), 워터게이트 사건 (woteogeiteu sageon) (Korean), Watergate (Malay), Watergate [masculine] (Portuguese), Уотерге́йтский сканда́л (Uotɛrgéjtskij skandál) [masculine] (Russian), Уотерге́йт (Uotɛrgéjt) [masculine] (Russian), Уо́тергейт (Uótɛrgejt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Watergate-en-name-0Y9UzI2K Disambiguation of Historical events: 63 18 18 Disambiguation of History of the United States: 73 15 11 Disambiguation of US politics: 78 13 9 Disambiguation of Washington, D.C.: 80 11 9

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/ [US] Forms: Watergates [present, singular, third-person], Watergating [participle, present], Watergated [participle, past], Watergated [past]
Etymology: From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965. Head templates: {{en-verb}} Watergate (third-person singular simple present Watergates, present participle Watergating, simple past and past participle Watergated)
  1. (transitive) To treat in a manner reminiscent of the Watergate scandal. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Watergate-en-verb-IQGmocfQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -gate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 47 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 44 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 27 48 25
  2. (intransitive, somewhat rare) To engage in activities associated with the Watergate scandal. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-Watergate-en-verb-TmdBjhAm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watergate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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