access

nouns

the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
is a type of (narrower)
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"
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
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.)
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
the act of approaching or entering
"he gained access to the building"
is a type of (narrower)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

verbs

obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
domain category
the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
is a type of (narrower)
get or find back; recover the use of
"She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
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"
is derived from
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