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

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

3. Access(noun)

   admission to sexual intercourse

4. Access(noun)

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

5. Access(noun)

   an onset, attack, or fit of disease

6. Access(noun)

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

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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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. Ben Rhodes:

   If they don't grant access.

2. Cynthia Walker:

   We don't worry at all about access.

3. Michael Irwig:

   There is still a big access problem.

4. Sapna Patel:

   We have a real access-to-care issue.

5. Adam Szubin:

   Iran will not have access to our financial system.

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