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 Definitions of ACCESS  [ˈæk sɛs]  

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Definition of 'ACCESS' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) access
the ability or right to enter or use:
They have access to the files.

2.  access
the right or opportunity to approach or speak with.

3.  access
the state or quality of being approachable:
The house was difficult of access.

4.  access
a way or means of approach.

5.  access
an attack or onset, as of a disease.

6.  access
a sudden and strong emotional outburst.

7.  access
accession; increase.

8. (v.t.) access
to make contact with or gain access to.

9.  access
to locate (data) for transfer from one part of a computer system to another.

10. (adj.) access
(of television programming, time, etc.) available to the public.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME (< OF acces) < L accessus an approach =acced-, var. s. of accēdere to accede+-tus suffix of v. action)

Definition of 'ACCESS' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) entree, access, accession, admission, admittance
the right to enter

2. (noun) access
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

3. (noun) access, approach
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

4. (noun) access, access code
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.)

5. (noun) access, memory access
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

6. (verb) access
the act of approaching or entering
"he gained access to the building"

7. (verb) access
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

8. (verb) access, get at
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"


Definition of 'ACCESS' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) access
a way into a place
access to the building

2.  access
gain access
to get into a place
The men gained access through the open window.

3.  access
the right to use sth
access to information

4. (verb) access
to get information
accessing computer files


Definition of 'ACCESS' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ACCESS
a coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince

2. (noun) ACCESS
the means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land

3. (noun) ACCESS
admission to sexual intercourse

4. (noun) ACCESS
increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

5. (noun) ACCESS
an onset, attack, or fit of disease

6. (noun) ACCESS
a paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury


Translation of 'ACCESS' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: way or right of approach or entry
We gained access to the house through a window.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: toegang Arabic flag Arabic: دُخُول، مَنْفَذ، وَسِيلَة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: достъп
Brazilian flag Brazilian: acesso Czech flag Czech: přístup German flag German: der Zugang
Danish flag Danish: adgang Greek flag Greek: πρόσβαση Spanish flag Spanish: acceso, entrada
Estonian flag Estonian: (juurde-)/(ligi)pääs Farsi flag Farsi: دسترسی Finnish flag Finnish: sisäänpääsy
French flag French: accès Hebrew flag Hebrew: גִישָׁה Hindi flag Hindi: रास्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: pristup Hungarian flag Hungarian: bemenet Indonesian flag Indonesian: cara masuk, jalan masuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: aðgangur Italian flag Italian: accesso Japanese flag Japanese: 接近
Korean flag Korean: 접근 또는 출입 권한[방법] Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: būdas/teisė įeiti/pasiekt Latvian flag Latvian: pieeja, piekļūšana
Malay flag Malay: jalan masuk Dutch flag Dutch: toegang Norwegian flag Norwegian: adgang, tilgang
Polish flag Polish: dostęp, dojście Persian flag Persian: دسترسی Pashto flag Pashto: لاس رسى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: acesso Romanian flag Romanian: acces Russian flag Russian: доступ
Slovak flag Slovak: prístup, príjazd Slovenian flag Slovenian: dostop Serbian flag Serbian: prilaz
Swedish flag Swedish: tillträde, ingång Thai flag Thai: ทางเข้า Turkish flag Turkish: giriş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 通路 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прохід, підхід Urdu flag Urdu: رسائی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường vào Chinese flag Chinese: 通路

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