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   access

   /ˈaksɛs/

   noun

   • 1. the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place: "the staircase gives access to the top floor" Similar entranceentryway inmeans of entryingressapproachmeans of approach
   • ▪ the right or opportunity to use or benefit from something: "do you have access to a computer?" Similar (the) use ofthe opportunity to usepermission to use
   • ▪ the right or opportunity to approach or see someone: "we were denied access to our grandson" Similar admissionadmittanceentryentréeingressright of entrypermission to enterthe opportunity to enter
   • ▪ the process of obtaining or retrieving information stored in a computer's memory: "this prevents unauthorized access or inadvertent deletion of the file"
   • ▪ denoting broadcasting produced by minority and specialist interest groups, rather than by professionals: "access television"
   • 2. an attack or outburst of an emotion: literary "I was suddenly overcome with an access of rage" Similar fitattackboutoutpouringeruptionexplosionoutburstburstoutbreakflare-upblow-upblazespasmparoxysmseizurerushgalefloodstormhurricanetorrentsurgeupsurgespurteffusionoutflowoutflowingwelling upinformal:splurtrare:ebullitionboutade

   verb

   • 1. approach or enter (a place): "single rooms have private facilities accessed via the balcony"
   • 2. obtain or retrieve (computer data or a file): "information can be accessed from several files and displayed at the same time"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘sudden attack of illness’): from Latin accessus, from the verb accedere ‘to approach’ (see accede). access (sense 1 of the noun) is first recorded in the early 17th century.

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