access
//ˈæksɛs//
Forms
- Plural
- accesses
- present (v1)
- access
- past (v2)
- accessed
- past participle (v3)
- accessed
- present participle
- accessing
- 3rd person singular
- accesses
Definitions
1.A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- The door provides access to the premises.
2.The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- They gained access to the basement from the stairs.
3.The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- Staff prevent unauthorized access to the building.
4.The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- 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.
1.To gain or obtain access to.
2.To have access to (data).
- I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1013
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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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.