access

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French accès or from Latin accessus, past participle of accedere "to accede".

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ăkʹsĕs, IPA: /ˈæk.sɛs/, SAMPA: /"{ksEs/
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• Hyphenation: ac·cess

[edit] Noun

access (countable and uncountable; plural accesses)

1. (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
   • All access was thronged. - Milton
2. (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
3. (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
   • I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i
4. (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
   • During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. - Blackstone
5. (countable) An increase by addition; accession; as, an access of territory.
   • I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue. - Milton
6. (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.

   • The first access looked like an apoplexy. - Burnet

7. (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion; as, an access of fury.
   • 1946: Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)

   It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.

8. (uncountable) (law) The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
9. (uncountable) (computing) The process of locating data in memory.
10. (uncountable) (Internet) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

[edit] Derived terms

• direct access
• random access
• remote access

[edit] Related terms

• accessary
• accessible
• accessibility
• accessibly
• accession
• accessory

[edit] Translations

• Indonesian: akses
• Interlingua: accesso
• Japanese: アクセス (akusesu)
• Spanish: acceso m

[edit] Verb

to access (third-person singular simple present accesses, present participle accessing, simple past and past participle accessed)

1. (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
2. (transitive) (computing) To have access to (data).

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[edit] References

• “access” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.