Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A strait in northern California connecting the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge, which spans the strait, was completed in 1937.
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- proper noun The strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the
Pacific Ocean . - proper noun informal The
Golden Gate Bridge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake
Etymologies
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Examples
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Arise, therefore, and go up to Jerusalem; and when you shall come to that which is called the Golden Gate (because it is gilt with gold), as a sign of what I have told you, you shall meet your husband, for whose safety you have been so much concerned. '"
Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel John Ruskin 1859
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Some essays recall how simply driving over the George Washington Bridge in New York City or the Golden Gate in California struck terror into their hearts for many years, but that this "unmistakable fear" also brought "opportunities" to learn and change.
Ruth Starkman: College Writing About 9/11: "Sometimes a Mistake Becomes an Opportunity. Explain." Ruth Starkman 2011
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Some essays recall how simply driving over the George Washington Bridge in New York City or the Golden Gate in California struck terror into their hearts for many years, but that this "unmistakable fear" also brought "opportunities" to learn and change.
Ruth Starkman: College Writing About 9/11: "Sometimes a Mistake Becomes an Opportunity. Explain." Ruth Starkman 2011
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Some essays recall how simply driving over the George Washington Bridge in New York City or the Golden Gate in California struck terror into their hearts for many years, but that this "unmistakable fear" also brought "opportunities" to learn and change.
Ruth Starkman: College Writing About 9/11: "Sometimes a Mistake Becomes an Opportunity. Explain." Ruth Starkman 2011
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Some essays recall how simply driving over the George Washington Bridge in New York City or the Golden Gate in California struck terror into their hearts for many years, but that this "unmistakable fear" also brought "opportunities" to learn and change.
Ruth Starkman: College Writing About 9/11: "Sometimes a Mistake Becomes an Opportunity. Explain." Ruth Starkman 2011
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This was a blissful day and night at the lodge and spa by San Francisco's Golden Gate called Cavallo Point.
Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Our Mothers, Our Selves 2010
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News of the Golden Gate deal was earlier reported by Bloomberg.
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A spokesman for Golden Gate did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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This was a blissful day and night at the lodge and spa by San Francisco's Golden Gate called Cavallo Point.
Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Our Mothers, Our Selves 2010
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The Golden Gate deal doesn't call for Zale to make any management changes, which worries some vendors who think the jeweler will continue to be beset by problems.
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