Access

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of: a store with easy access.
  • n. The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of: has access to the restricted area; has access to classified material.
  • n. Public access.
  • n. An increase by addition.
  • n. An outburst or onset: an access of rage.
  • v. To obtain access to, especially by computer: used a browser to access a website; accessed her bank account online.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To gain or obtain access to.
  • v. To have access to (data).
  • n. A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
  • n. The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
  • n. The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
  • n. The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
  • n. Admission to sexual intercourse.
  • n. An increase by addition; accession; as, an access of territory.
  • n. An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
  • n. An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion; as, an access of fury.
  • n. The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
  • n. The process of locating data in memory.
  • n. Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility.
  • n. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way.
  • n. Admission to sexual intercourse.
  • n. Increase by something added; addition. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
  • n. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
  • n. A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coming to; near approach; admittance; admission: as, to gain access to a prince.
  • n. Means of approach or admission; way of entrance or passage to anything: as, the access is through a massive door or a long corridor, or by a neck of land.
  • n. Admission to sexual intercourse.
  • n. Addition; increase; accession.
  • n. The attack or return of a fit or paroxysm of disease, as of a fever; accession.
  • n. The approach of the priest to the altar for the purpose of celebrating the eucharist.
  • n. In canon law, a right to a certain benefice at some future time, now in abeyance through lack of required age or some other conditions: if in abeyance through actual possession of another, it is equivalent to the right of succession. See coadjutor.
  • n. In the Roman Catholic Church, same as accession, 6.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
  • v. reach or gain access to
  • n. the right to enter
  • n. a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
  • n. the act of approaching or entering
  • n. the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
  • n. a way of entering or leaving
  • n. (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
  • Verb Form
    accessed    accesses    accessing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attain    reach    arrive at    hit    make    gain    right   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    admittance    admission    accessibility    paroxysm    outburst    attack   
    Unknown
    Technology   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    user    security    data    software    server    interface    monitor    storage    resource    entry