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Access   /ˈæksˌɛs/   Listen
Access

noun
1.
The right to enter.  Synonyms: accession, admission, admittance, entree.
2.
The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership).
3.
A way of entering or leaving.  Synonym: approach.
4.
A code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.).  Synonym: access code.
5.
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information.  Synonym: memory access.
6.
The act of approaching or entering.
verb
1.
Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer.
2.
Reach or gain access to.  Synonym: get at.  "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"



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"Access" Quotes from Famous Books



... wounded vanity, or a sudden access of irritation against the lad, or that his eye fell upon his granddaughter standing there, so evidently incensed and resentful, he flared up the next moment, and thrusting his huge fist under the youngster's ...
— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie
... the man, Maharaj-ji, and he gained access to me with a lying tale. When I learned who he was, it was my duty to hear what he had to say, but I drove him from me when he sought to influence me by ...
— The Path to Honour • Sydney C. Grier
... coalition readily broke down, owing to the unfair superiority of the Brangwens. The Brangwens were rich. They had free access to the Marsh Farm. The school teachers were almost respectful to the girls, the vicar spoke to them on equal terms. The Brangwen girls ...
— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
... a position astride the railway from Allenstein to Soldau, and all access to his front was barred by lakes and swamps. He was safe from frontal attack, and could reinforce each wing at pleasure. From his right ran the only two good roads in the region, and at his left was the Osterode railway. On the first day he stood on ...
— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish
... disseminated by philosophy and experience? The age is enlightened, that is to say, that knowledge, obtained and vulgarized, suffices to set right at least on practical principles. The spirit of free inquiry has dissipated the erroneous opinions which long barred the access to truth, and has undermined the ground on which fanaticism and deception had erected their throne. Reason has purified itself from the illusions of the senses and from a mendacious sophistry, and philosophy herself raises her voice and exhorts us to return to the bosom of nature, to which ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller


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