MEANING
A residential development whose access is controlled by gates or similar entry restrictions.
Use it for
Controlled belonging; security expectations; privatized residential spaceMake entry procedures expose who is expected and who is questioned.
Words that belong together
- exclusive gated community
- gated community residents
- gated-community entrance
On the page
The delivery driver needed a different code for every house in the gated community.
Outside the gated community, residents protested the loss of a familiar shortcut.
She liked the quiet but disliked explaining every guest to the gated community's guards.
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Word forms
- Base
- gated community
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Established compound about controlled access; does not automatically imply luxury or complete safety. Describe residents' motives and surrounding effects rather than assuming them. Plural: gated communities. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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