Explore Gatekeep through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gatekeep meaning
- To control or limit access to something.
- To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
- To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
Using Gatekeep
- The main meaning on this page is: To control or limit access to something. | To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task. | To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
- In the example corpus, gatekeep often appears in combinations such as: to gatekeep.
Context around Gatekeep
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gatekeep
- In this selection, "gatekeep" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include necessary to gatekeep about who and others to gatekeep you from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gatekeep" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gatekeep
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don’t allow others to gatekeep you from visiting the destinations that you want to see. (16 words)
Jey Uso is just there to gatekeep and may well soon be joined by Jimmy Uso and hopefully Naomi to make sure all divisions are accounted for. (27 words)
For Boygenius, they wanted to honor those roots and the skills they’ve honed along the way — confessional lyrics sung in a tight-knit cadence, diaphanous vocals, textural guitar work — but remove the gatekeep-y coolness factor of indie-rock. (40 words)
It’s almost time for International Jazz Day — 30 April — and there will be events in 190 countries where it will not be necessary to gatekeep about who and what jazz is — the players and the listeners will just enjoy it. (41 words)
For Boygenius, they wanted to honor those roots and the skills they’ve honed along the way — confessional lyrics sung in a tight-knit cadence, diaphanous vocals, textural guitar work — but remove the gatekeep-y coolness factor of indie-rock. (40 words)
Jey Uso is just there to gatekeep and may well soon be joined by Jimmy Uso and hopefully Naomi to make sure all divisions are accounted for. (27 words)
Example sentences (4)
For Boygenius, they wanted to honor those roots and the skills they’ve honed along the way — confessional lyrics sung in a tight-knit cadence, diaphanous vocals, textural guitar work — but remove the gatekeep-y coolness factor of indie-rock.
Don’t allow others to gatekeep you from visiting the destinations that you want to see.
It’s almost time for International Jazz Day — 30 April — and there will be events in 190 countries where it will not be necessary to gatekeep about who and what jazz is — the players and the listeners will just enjoy it.
Jey Uso is just there to gatekeep and may well soon be joined by Jimmy Uso and hopefully Naomi to make sure all divisions are accounted for.
Common combinations with gatekeep
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to gatekeep 3×