Gates

/ˈgeɪts/
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Other forms: Gateses

Definitions of Gates
  1. noun
    United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
    synonyms: Bill Gates, William Henry Gates
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    computer scientist
    a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers
    enterpriser, entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
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