access
IPA: ˈæksɛs
noun
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
- (uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
verb
- (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
- (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).
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Examples of "access" in Sentences
- The is accessible through the Web.
- The site is accessible to the public.
- The access is restricted by the owner.
- The access to the island is restricted.
- The collection is accessible to the public.
- The homestead is not accessible to the public.
- The router accesses the Internet through the modem.
- The basic problem was the lack of internet access back in the eighties.
- Changelings have the innate ability to enter, access and explore the hedge.
- Nowadays, the Internet allows you to access to any information that you want.
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