access
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈæk.sɛs/
:
acceso
- There has to be equal access, equal opportunity.
- access to health care
- access to information
- Internet access
Do you have full access to your own brain?
- Do you have full access to your own brain?
- And they all had, you know, had free access to that city.
- And there was a, there was an access door to the roof, right.
- That will get you access to this account.
- So what is the one company that has access to unlimited IP?
- Now I had no access to to this language.
- So, yeah, I'm very strong believer in access to all of these things.
- You now have a certain kind of access, a certain kind of power.
- But I like the idea of democratizing access to good investors.
- And then the second choke point is access to chips.
- And blind people in general don't always have access to trunk space.
Examples
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Have you ever had any access to the dark web?
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Do you have to have Internet access to do this?
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And they all had, you know, had free access to that city.
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We may not have access to this in the wild.
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Who has the least access to the computer?
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That will get you access to this account.
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Every Yale student has access to free writing tutors.
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Food, gas, electricity, and water are all extremely expensive, and access to these goods is increasingly deteriorating.
Academic text (2011) -
Community colleges take pride in being an access point to higher education for underserved populations.
Academic text (2011) -
Every employee has access to the company's resources for their projects.
Synonyms
223
4.4
Official permission to enter a place or take an action
149
3.4
Permission to enter a place or organization, often after a decision
14
5.3
Permission to enter a place or join a group
14
4.3
How a computer or app decides what a person can do
2
7.9
The right to become a member of an organization
Permission by law to go into or take control of property
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
44
3.1
A set of numbers or letters you enter to open a locked device such as a phone
- Specialized
1
4.8
The time a computer takes to get data from a hard drive or an SSD after asking for it
- Specialized
1
3.7
A fast place in a computer where programs keep data while the computer runs
- Specialized
Space inside a computer where programs keep data while running and that is lost when the computer turns off
- Specialized
Handling information in different places linked by a network
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
How Accessible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Access comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and cedere 'go', so it originally meant 'a way to go to' a place. You can also see the same root in proceed 'to go forward', and that's why access today means the right or way to enter, use, or reach something.