English noun: access |
1. | access (attribute) the right to enter |
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| Synonyms | accession, admission, admittance, entree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | right |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | door |
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2. | access (attribute) the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | right |
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3. | access (artifact) a way of entering or leaving |
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| Samples | He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge.
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| Synonyms | approach |
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| Broader (hypernym) | way |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway |
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4. | access (communication) 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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| Synonyms | access code |
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| Broader (hypernym) | code |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | back door, backdoor |
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5. | access (artifact) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information |
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| Synonyms | memory access |
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| Broader (hypernym) | operation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | disk access |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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6. | access (act) the act of approaching or entering |
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| Samples | He gained access to the building.
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| Broader (hypernym) | approach, approaching, coming |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | back door, backdoor |
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English verb: access |
1. | access (possession) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | find, recover, regain, retrieve |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | address, log in, log on, log-in |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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2. | access (motion) reach or gain access to |
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| Samples | How does one access the attic in this house?. I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof.
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| Synonyms | get at |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach |
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