access

permission to use, speak with, or enter; a way to approach: Access to the stage is through the back door.

Not to be confused with:

excess – an extreme amount or degree: an excess of food and drink; superabundance; immoderate indulgence: A hundred pairs of shoes is an excess.

ac·cess

(ăk′sĕs)

1. A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of: a store with easy access.

2. The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of: has access to the restricted area; has access to classified material.

3. Public access.

4. An increase by addition.

5. An outburst or onset: an access of rage.

tr.v. ac·cessed, ac·cess·ing, ac·cess·es

To obtain access to, especially by computer: used a browser to access a website; accessed her bank account online.

[Middle English acces, a coming to, from Old French, from Latin accessus, past participle of accēdere, to arrive : ad-, ad- + cēdere, to come; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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access

(ˈæksɛs)

1. the act of approaching or entering

2. the condition of allowing entry, esp (of a building or room) allowing entry by wheelchairs, prams, etc

3. the right or privilege to approach, reach, enter, or make use of something

4. a way or means of approach or entry

5. the opportunity or right to see or approach someone: she fights for divorce and free access to her children.

6. (Broadcasting) (modifier) designating programmes made by the general public as distinguished from those made by professional broadcasters: access television.

7. a sudden outburst or attack, as of rage or disease

8. to gain access to; make accessible or available

9. (Computer Science) (tr) computing

a. to obtain or retrieve (information) from a storage device

b. to place (information) in a storage device. See also direct access, sequential access

[C14: from Old French or from Latin accessus an approach, from accēdere to accede]

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ac•cess

(ˈæk sɛs)

n.

1. the ability or right to enter or use: They have access to the files.

2. the right or opportunity to approach or speak with.

3. the state or quality of being approachable: The house was difficult of access.

4. a way or means of approach.

5. an attack or onset, as of a disease.

6. a sudden and strong emotional outburst.

7. accession; increase.

8. public-access television.

v.t.

9. to make contact with or gain access to.

10. to locate (data) for transfer from one part of a computer system to another.

adj.

11. (of television programming, time, etc.) available to the public.

[1275–1325; Middle English (< Old French acces) < Latin accessus an approach =acced-, variant s. of accēdere to accede + -tus suffix of v. action]

access

Past participle:
Gerund: accessed

Imperative
access
access

Present
I access
you access
he/she/it accessing
we access
you access
they access

Preterite
I
you
he/she/it
we
you
they

Present Continuous
I am accessed
you are accessed
he/she/it is accessed
we are accessed
you are accessed
they are accessed

Present Perfect
I have
you have
he/she/it has
we have
you have
they have

Past Continuous
I was accessed
you were accessed
he/she/it was accessed
we were accessed
you were accessed
they were accessed

Past Perfect
I had
you had
he/she/it had
we had
you had
they had

Future
I will access
you will access
he/she/it will access
we will access
you will access
they will access

Future Perfect
I will have
you will have
he/she/it will have
we will have
you will have
they will have

Future Continuous
I will be accessed
you will be accessed
he/she/it will be accessed
we will be accessed
you will be accessed
they will be accessed

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been accessed
you have been accessed
he/she/it has been accessed
we have been accessed
you have been accessed
they have been accessed

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been accessed
you will have been accessed
he/she/it will have been accessed
we will have been accessed
you will have been accessed
they will have been accessed

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been accessed
you had been accessed
he/she/it had been accessed
we had been accessed
you had been accessed
they had been accessed

Conditional
I would access
you would access
he/she/it would access
we would access
you would access
they would access

Past Conditional
I would have
you would have
he/she/it would have
we would have
you would have
they would have

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	access - the right to enter admittance, entree, admission, accession right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
	2.	access - the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
	3.	access - a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" approach entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
	4.	access - 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.) access code code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy backdoor, back door - an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
	5.	access - (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information memory access disk access - memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
	6.	access - the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building" coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" back door, backdoor - a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
Verb	1.	access - obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures recover, regain, retrieve, find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" address - access or locate by address log in, log on, log-in - enter a computer; "Have you logged in lately?"
	2.	access - reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" get at arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

access

noun

1. admission, entry, passage, entrée, admittance, ingress The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.

2. entrance, road, door, approach, entry, path, gate, opening, way in, passage, avenue, doorway, gateway, portal, passageway a courtyard with a side access to the rear gardens

verb

1. acquire, get, gather, obtain, net, retrieve, attain, procure You've illegally accessed confidential security files.

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access

noun

1. The right to enter or make use of:

admission, admittance, entrance, entrée, entry, ingress.

2. A sudden violent expression, as of emotion:

blowup, burst, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, gust, outbreak, outburst.

3. A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease:

attack, fit, seizure.

Informal: spell.

Translations

دُخُول، مَنْفَذ، وَسِيلَةُ وُصُولوَسِيلَة أو حَق دُخُولوُصُول يَتَوَصَّلُ إِلى

достъп

přístupzískat

adgangskaffe sig adgang til

Zugang Zugriff Zutritt zugreifen auf

πρόσβαση προσπέλαση προσπελαύνω έκρηξη ελευθεροκοινωνία

acceder acceso entrada entrar

pääs

pääsypäästä sisään

accès assaut entrée abord accéder

pristuppristupiti

aîgangsheimildaîgangur

accesso avere facile accesso di facile accesso entratura accedere

アクセスする接近

접근접속하다

būdas įeitibūdas naudotisbūdas pasiektibūdas patektikreipties kodas

pieeja, piekļūšanapieejamība

aanval aanwinst benadering instemming openen

aksesstilgang anfall få tilgang til adgang

dostęp uzyskać dostęp

acessar acesso aceder

доступ получить доступ

dostopdostopitipriti do

ingångkomma åtpassagetillträdeväg

เข้าถึงทางเข้า

girişkullanma hakkıerişmek

được phép vàotiếp cận

使用...的权力出入通路通道

access

[ˈækses]

A. N

1. (= entry etc) → acceso m
a road was built to improve access to the property → se construyó una carretera para facilitar el acceso a la propiedad
of easy access → de fácil acceso
to gain access (to) (lit) → lograr entrar (en)
to gain access to sb → conseguir libre acceso a algn
to give access to a room → comunicar con or dar acceso a una habitación
this gives access to the garden → por aquí se sale al jardín
to have access to sb → tener libre acceso a algn
the house has access onto the park → la casa tiene salida al parque
he had access to the family papers → tuvo acceso a los papeles de la familia, se le facilitaron los papeles de la familia
to obtain legal access to a property → conseguir una autorización legal para entrar en una propiedad

2. (Jur) (in divorce) → derecho m de visita

3. (Comput) → acceso m

4. (= sudden outburst) → acceso m, arrebato m
he had a sudden access of generosity → tuvo un repentino acceso or arrebato de generosidad
in an access of rage → en un arrebato or acceso de cólera

B. VT (Comput) [+ file] → conseguir acceso a

C. CPD access code N → código m de acceso
access course N (Brit) → curso m de acceso
access road N → vía f de acceso
access time N (Comput) → tiempo m de acceso

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access

[ˈæksɛs]

(gen) → accès m
to have access to sth [+ library, phone] → avoir accès à qch; [+ information] → avoir accès à qch
He has access to confidential information → Il a accès à des renseignements confidentiels.
to have access to sb [+ person, lawyer] → avoir ses entrées chez qn
to give sb access to sth [+ data, records, facilities, cash] → permettre à qn d'accéder à qch
to gain access (to building) → pouvoir entrer
The burglars gained access through a window → Les cambrioleurs ont pu entrer par une fenêtre.
to give access to sth [+ place, room] → donner accès à qch
The door gives access to a living room → Cette porte donne accès à la salle à manger.

[parent] (to visit a child) → droit m de visite
to have access [parent] → avoir le droit de visite
Her ex-husband has access to the children → Son ex-mari a le droit de visite.

vt [+ information, files] → accéder àaccess code n → code m d'accèsaccess course (British) n cours de mise à niveau qui permet à une personne n'ayant pas le diplôme requis d'entrer à l'université

access

→ Zugang m → (to zu); (esp to room, private grounds etc) → Zutritt m → (to zu); to be easy of access → leicht zugänglich sein; to give somebody access → jdm Zugang gewähren (to sb/sth zu jdm/etw), jdm Zutritt gewähren (to sth zu etw); to refuse somebody access → jdm den Zugang verwehren (to sb/sth zu jdm/etw), jdm den Zutritt verwehren (to sth zu etw); this door gives access to the garden → diese Tür führt in den Garten; this location offers easy access to shops and transport facilities → von hier sind Läden und Verkehrsmittel leicht zu erreichen; to have access to somebody/something → Zugang zu jdm/etw haben; to gain access to somebody/something → sich (dat) → Zugang zu jdm/etw verschaffen; the thieves gained access through the window → die Diebe gelangten durch das Fenster hinein; “access only” → „nur für Anlieger“, „Anlieger frei“; right of access to one’s children → Besuchsrecht für seine Kinder

(Comput) → Zugriff m; (= access authorization) → Zugangs- or Zugriffsberechtigung f

(liter: = attack, fit) → Anfall m

vt (Comput) file, data → zugreifen auf (+acc)

access

access path

n (Comput) → Zugriffspfad m

access permission

n (Comput) → Zugriffsberechtigung f

access right

n (Comput) → Zugriffsrecht m

access road

n → Zufahrt(sstraße) f

access time

n → Zugriffszeit f

access traffic

n → Anliegerverkehr m

access violation

n (Comput) → Zugriffsverletzung f

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access

[ˈæksɛs]

1. n → accesso
to have/gain access to sb/sth → avere/ottenere libero accesso presso qn/a qc
the burglars gained access through a window → i ladri sono penetrati da or attraverso una finestra
we don't have access to a good sports complex → non abbiamo l'opportunità di frequentare un buon centro sportivo

2. vt (Comput) → accedere a

access

(ˈӕkses) noun

1. way or right of approach or entry. We gained access to the house through a window.

2. way or right to meet (someone) or use (something). Senior students have access to the library at weekends.

ˈaccess code noun

a combination of characters that is used to obtain permission to enter a computer or a communication network.

acˈcessible adjective

(of a person or place) able to be reached or approached easily. His house is not accessible by car.

acˌcessiˈbility noun

access

→ وُصُول, يَتَوَصَّلُ إِلى přístup, získat adgang, skaffe sig adgang til Zugang, zugreifen auf πρόσβαση, προσπελαύνω acceder, acceso päästä sisään, pääsy accéder à, accès pristup, pristupiti accedere, accesso アクセスする, 接近 접근, 접속하다 openen, toegang få tilgang til, tilgang dostęp, uzyskać dostęp aceder, acessar, acesso доступ, получить доступ komma åt, tillträde เข้าถึง, ทางเข้า erişmek, giriş được phép vào, tiếp cận 出入, 通道

ac·cess

1. n. ataque, acceso; paroxismo;

2. [entrance] entrada.

access

n acceso; — to treatment acceso a tratamiento; venous — acceso venoso; wheelchair — acceso para silla(s) de ruedas