access

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Pronunciation

Noun

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæksɛs/
• (GA) enPR: ăkʹsĕs', IPA: /ˈækˌsɛs/

Verb

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæksɛs/, /əkˈsɛs/
• (GA) enPR ăkʹsĕs', IPA: /ˈækˌsɛs/, /əkˈsɛs/

Noun

access

1. (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     All access was thronged.

2. (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
3. (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
4. (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1

     I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i

5. (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
   • 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

     During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.

6. (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession

   an access of territory

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue.

7. (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.

   • The first access looked like an apoplexy.

8. (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
   • 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)

     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.

9. (uncountable, legal) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
10. (uncountable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
11. (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

Related terms

• accede
• accessary
• accessibility
• accessible
• accessibly
• accession
• accessory

Translations

• French: accès
• German: Zugang, Eingang
• Italian: accesso
• Portuguese: acesso
• Russian: до́ступ
• Spanish: acceso

Translations

• French: approche act of approaching, entrée act of entering, accès
• German: Zugang
• Italian: accesso
• Portuguese: acesso
• Russian: подхо́д

Translations

• German: Zugang, Zutritt
• Portuguese: acesso

Translations

• French: accès
• Portuguese: acesso

Translations

• French: accès
• German: Ausbruch, Gefühlsausbruch, Anfall
• Portuguese: acesso

Translations

• German: Umgangsrecht

Translations

• French: accès
• German: Zugriff
• Portuguese: acesso
• Russian: до́ступ
• Spanish: acceso

Translations

• French: accès
• German: Zugriff
• Italian: accesso
• Portuguese: acesso
• Spanish: acceso

Verb

access (accesses, present participle accessing; past and past participle accessed)

1. (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
2. (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

   I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.

Translations

• French: accéder, avoir accès
• Portuguese: acessar
• Spanish: acceder

Translations

• French: accéder, avoir accès
• German: Zugang haben, zugreifen
• Portuguese: acessar
• Spanish: acceder, accesar

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