Access
['ækses] or ['æksɛs]
Definition
(noun.) the act of approaching or entering; 'he gained access to the building'.
(noun.) a way of entering or leaving; 'he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge'.
(noun.) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information.
(noun.) the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership).
(noun.) 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.).
(verb.) reach or gain access to; 'How does one access the attic in this house?'; 'I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof'.
(verb.) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer.
Typed by Hannah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
(n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
(n.) Admission to sexual intercourse.
(n.) Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [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; as, an access of fury.
Typist: Meg
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Avenue, approach, passage, way, passage-way, way of approach.[2]. Admission, admittance, means of approach, liberty to approach.
Checker: Willa
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Approach, admit, course_entrance, avenue, admittance, mod_way, passage, road
ANT:Exit, egress, departure, exclusion, repulse,[See {[/]?}]
Typed by Carla
Definition
n. liberty to come to approach: increase.—n. Accessibil′ity.—adj. Access′ible that may be approached.—adv. Access′ibly.
Checked by Leda
Examples
- There was a library in Coketown, to which general access was easy. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- At one point in the service a bell would be rung and a mirror lifted up, while the whole congregation, in an access of reverence, bowed lower. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had now access to better books. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Who that has near access to you would dare to do it? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These are termed bridge hooks and are for the purpose of having the cue-bridge ready of access for the players when necessary. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wild yeast settles on the skin of grapes and apples, but since it does not have access to the fruit juices within, it remains inactive very much as a seed does before it is planted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- From the bottom of the cylinder a tube runs down into the well or reservoir, and water from the well has access to the cylinder through another outward-moving valve. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Donnie