Definitions for access

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access ac·cess

Spelling: [ak-ses]

IPA: /ˈæk sɛs/

Access is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in access (access).

Definitions for access

noun

1. the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
2. the state or quality of being approachable:
3. a way or means of approach:
4. Theology. approach to God through Jesus Christ.
5. an attack or onset, as of a disease.
6. a sudden and strong emotional outburst.
7. accession.
8. public-access television.

adjective

1. Television. (of programming, time, etc.) available to the public:

verb (used with object)

1. to make contact with or gain access to; be able to reach, approach, enter, etc.:
2. Computers. to locate (data) for transfer from one part of a computer system to another, generally between an external storage device and main storage.

Origin of access

1275-1325; Middle English accesse (Old French acces) Latin accessus an approach, equivalent to acced-, variant stem of accēdere to accede + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for access

Can they determine that individual citizens should not have access to rights provided by the Constitution?

That in itself was a huge innovation, but de Silva says access to markets is still a problem for everyone.

The way was open; the access was free; the progress as rapid as thought could make it.

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?

His martyrdom was continued by forbidding him all access to the healing waters.

Where can I have access to old files of the leading news-papers?

The means of access to the villages, away from the railway, are extremely poor.

The added charge for access to hotel Wi-Fi is not only exploitative but increasingly irrelevant.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to harm future access to those embattled communities.

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.