access
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English accesse, acces, borrowed from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus. First attested in the early 14th century. The sense "entrance" was first attested about 1380.
Inflected forms:
form: accesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: accesses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: accessing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: accessed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: accessed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The door provides access to the premises.
All access was thronged.
gloss: The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: They gained access to the basement from the stairs.
gloss: The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Staff prevent unauthorized access to the building.
gloss: The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: ease of access
I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me.
Coalition plans to widen access to university will fail to get to the 'root cause' of the problem, according to the Russell Group.
gloss: Admission to sexual intercourse.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.
gloss: An increase by addition; accession
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
examples: an access of territory
I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue.
gloss: An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The first access looked like an apoplexy.
Then he resumed the pose, the decent pose, from which the sudden access of his old trouble had startled him, his hands on his knees, […]
gloss: An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The Magpie's flashlight, as he shifted it from his right hand to his left and wrenched out his revolver, had fallen upon two men crouched close against the wall by the library door—and he screamed out in an access of fury. "De double cross! A plant! De bulls! You damned snitch, Larry!" screamed out the Magpie—and fired.
It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.
gloss: The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The process of locating data in memory.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.
gloss: Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Complicity or assent.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
uncountable
gloss: To gain or obtain access to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The value of having in-house medical expertise is that staff with poor attendance records who have difficulty accessing NHS services can receive support from their employer, to help reduce absenteeism brought about by medical conditions.
gloss: To have access to (data).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Related words: accede
accessary
accessibility
accessible
accessibly
accession
accessory
Derived words: access agent
access code
access control
access course
access day
access journalism
accessless
access method
access modifier
accessor
access point
access road
access specifier
access time
access token
access violation
accessway
anti-access area denial
controlled-access highway
data access object
direct access
e-access
inaccess
limited-access highway
multiaccess
nonaccess
online public access catalog
open access
public access
quick access recorder
random access
read-only access
remote access
self-access
deaccess
reaccess
unaccessed
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