access
Most libraries provide computers you can use to access the Internet. If chemicals are being stolen from a lab, you might ask who has access to the lab. Access is approaching or making use of something, or the ability to do so
Sometimes the word is applied to a person. If you work in the same room as your boss, you might have easy access to her. A really good boss will work hard to make herself accessible to her employees. Access is from Middle English, from Middle French acces “arrival,” from Latin accessus “an approach,” from accedere “to approach.”
the right to enter
the act of approaching or entering
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approach, approaching, comingthe act of drawing spatially closer to something
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approach, approaching, coming
a way of entering or leaving
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entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entrywaysomething that provides access (to get in or get out)
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arch, archwaya passageway under a curved masonry construction
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door, doorway, room access, thresholdthe entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
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gatewayan entrance that can be closed by a gate
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hatchway, opening, scuttlean entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
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pitheadthe entrance to a coal mine
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portala grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
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porte-cocherea carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
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servant’s entrance, service door, service entrancean entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse
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stage dooran entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel
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vomitoryan entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
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wayany artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
reach or gain access to
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
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rightan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
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right
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.)
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access code(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
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memory access-
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disk accessmemory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
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operation(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
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disk access
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer