access

Definition

• 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
• 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

Word forms

Past participle

accessed

Present participle

accessing

Third person singular

accesses

Past tense

accessed

Example sentences

1. n.

   The access to the beach is restricted during the winter months.

2. vt.

   You can access the online library from any computer.

3. vt. (計)

   To retrieve the data, you need to access the database first.