access
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- n the right to enter
- n the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- n a way of entering or leaving
he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge - n 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.)
- n (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- n the act of approaching or entering
he gained access to the building - v obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
- v reach or gain access to
How does one access the attic in this house?
- Who knows, when everyone has access to the same data, maybe the next big discovery in astronomy will be made by an amateur? There are hundreds of terabytes of digitized sky .
- Who should have access to our medical records and our financial information, and how will that access be controlled? Will we be able to search and use the vast information stored .
- With an ambitious new plan, the city hopes to provide a nationwide model that grants health access to all.