Definitions for access
ˈæk sɛsac·cess

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. entree, access, accession, admission, admittance(noun)

   the right to enter

2. access(noun)

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

3. access, approach(noun)

   a way of entering or leaving

   "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

4. access, access code(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.)

5. access, memory access(noun)

   (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

6. access(verb)

   the act of approaching or entering

   "he gained access to the building"

7. access(verb)

   obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

8. access, get at(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"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Access(noun)

   a coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

2. Access(noun)

   the means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

3. Access(noun)

   admission to sexual intercourse

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

4. Access(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

5. Access(noun)

   an onset, attack, or fit of disease

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

6. Access(noun)

   a paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury

   Etymology: [F. accs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.]

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1. Access

   Access is a fictional character owned by both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He made his first appearance in DC vs. Marvel #1, a special crossover between the two companies. He was created as both a way to explain the events of the story as well as a means to enable future intercompany crossovers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Access

   ak′ses, or ak-ses′, n. liberty to come to, approach: increase.—n. Accessibil′ity.—adj. Access′ible, that may be approached.—adv. Access′ibly. [See Accede.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. access

   Means of entry on board.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. access

   Right to attend.

   Access to computer systems is just for the necessary or authorized systems.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 29, 2020  

2. access

   The right to use.

   They did access their computer easily with their username and password.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

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1. access

   Song lyrics by access -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by access on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'access' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #999

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'access' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1398

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'access' in Nouns Frequency: #449

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'access' in Verbs Frequency: #865

How to pronounce access?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say access in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of access in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of access in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of access in a Sentence

1. Li Keqiang:

   China will maintain our long-standing commitment to reform and opening in order to continue to expand and open. We welcome more and more foreign investment to come to China, we will also relax (restrictions on) access to even more fields to create a market-oriented, law-based internationalized business environment.

2. Ben Coffey Clark:

   In 2004, there were like 30 of us in a horrible dive bar, we started off in the back of the campaign, with no access, no insight and no budget. Now we are at the forefront of how you reach voters and change sentiment online.

3. Alex Villanueva:

   Our department may finally have an impartial, objective assessment of our operations and recommendations on any areas we can improve our service to the community, during my administration we have routinely asked the state office of the attorney general to monitor our investigations and we will provide immediate access to all information in our possession.

4. Antoni Kapcia:

   That potentially shifts the onus onto the Cuban government if they can't expand internet access, they may have lost that bit of an alibi.

5. Stacey Abrams:

   Part of the responsibility is to have honest and authentic conversations about race, what we have to talk about is how race intersects with power. And my mission is to demonstrate that we can change the face of power, evolve it to include more people and people of different complexions and different backgrounds without diminishing anyone else's access to opportunity.

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