access
pronunciation
How to pronounce access in British English:
UK [ˈækses]
How to pronounce access in American English:
US [ˈækses]
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- Noun:
- the right to enter
- the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- a way of entering or leaving
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- the act of approaching or entering
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- Verb:
- obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
- reach or gain access to
Word Origin
- access (n.)
- early 14c., "an attack of fever," from Old French acces "onslaught, attack; onset (of an illness)" (14c.), from Latin accessus "a coming to, an approach," noun use of past participle of accedere "to approach" (see accede). The later senses are directly from Latin. Meaning "an entrance" is from c. 1600. Meaning "habit or power of getting into the presence of (someone or something)" is from late 14c.
- access (v.)
- 1962, originally in computing, from access (n.). Related: Accessed; accessing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Such restrictions on access have a cost , however .
- 2. The one big missing piece has been offline access .
- 3. It has free access to advanced nuclear technology .
- 4. Locked flash drive will protect your data from unauthorized access .
- 5. We have democratised access to credit .