Gates

American  

[geyts] / geɪts /

noun

1. Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.

2. William Bill, born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.

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Gates British  

/ ɡeɪts /

noun

1. Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive and philanthropist; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation

2. Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)

3. Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)

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Example Sentences

“I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,” Gates said, according to a recording reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Melinda French Gates, who used to be married to Bill Gates, has given away at least $31 billion over the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another Gates Foundation executive spoke at the summit on Thursday instead.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, his philanthropic organisation said hours before the Microsoft co-founder was due to speak.

From BBC

The billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates wrote in a recent memo that climate change will hurt poor people more than anyone else but that the biggest problems they face are poverty and disease.

From The Wall Street Journal

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