"age-gate" meaning in English

See age-gate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: age-gates [present, singular, third-person], age-gating [participle, present], age-gated [participle, past], age-gated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} age-gate (third-person singular simple present age-gates, present participle age-gating, simple past and past participle age-gated)
  1. (transitive) To add an age gate to (content on the Internet). Tags: transitive Derived forms: age-gating
    Sense id: en-age-gate-en-verb-9PwKgsiC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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