noun
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
• Syn: ↑Bill Gates, ↑William Henry Gates
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑computer scientist, ↑entrepreneur, ↑enterpriser
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plural of gate
present third singular of gate
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/gayts/, n.
1. Horatio, 1728-1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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gates
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I [gāts]Bill (1955 - ), U.S. computer entrepreneur; full name William Henry Gates. He cofounded Microsoft, a computer software company. Overseas expansion and successful marketing of the MS-DOS and Windows operating systems for personal computers made the firm a leading multinational computer company by 1990. He became the youngest multibillionaire in U.S. history
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Horatio (1728 - 1806), American army officer; born in England. Originally an officer in the British army, he sided with the colonials when the American Revolution broke out. He commanded the Saratoga campaign 1777
Useful english dictionary. 2012.