access

noun

(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.

(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

(uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.

(uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.

(uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

(uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.

(uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.

(countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.

(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.

(countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.

(uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.

(archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession

verb

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

(transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

Roots

cedo-cess · Latin · go, yield

Synonyms for access

admittancen admissionn accessionn accessibilityn entrancen entryn ingressn entrancewayn entrywayn passagewayn

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Where does access come from?

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