Access

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1 Etymology 2 Noun 3 Verb 4 Related Words

Etymology

French accès , Latin accessus , from accedere . See accede

Noun

access (plural: accesses )

1. permission to approach

   Translations

   • Dutch: toegang m
   • Finnish: pääsy
   • French: accès m
   • German: Zugriff m
   • Indonesian: akses
   • Interlingua: accesso
   • Italian: accesso m
   • Japanese: アクセス (akusesu)
   • Norwegian: adgang c, med anfall n
   • Portuguese: acesso
   • Spanish: acceso m
   • Vietnamese2020: truycập . E.g. direct access = truycập trựctiếp .

1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

   Quotations

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

2. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.

   Quotations

   • All access was thronged. - Milton

3. Admission to sexual intercourse.

   Quotations

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

4. Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. (In this sense accession is more generally used.)

   Quotations

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

5. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

   Quotations

   • The first access looked like an apoplexy. - Burnet

6. (Gallicism): A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
7. (law): the right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child

Verb

to access

1. (computing): to have access to data

Related Words

• accessible
• accessibility
• accessibly

1. Translations

   • Dutch: benaderen , aanspreken