access

Etymology 1
From, , borrowed from or from its source , perfect passive participle of , from  +. . First attested in the early 14th century. The sense "entrance" was first attested about 1380.

Noun

 * 1)  A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
 * 2)  The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
 * 3)  The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
 * 4)  The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
 * 5)  Admission to sexual intercourse.
 * 6)  An increase by addition; accession
 * 7)  An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
 * 8)  An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
 * 9) * 1946,, 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.
 * 1)  The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
 * 2)  The process of locating data in memory.
 * 3)  Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
 * 4)   or assent.
 * 1)  An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
 * 2) * 1946,, 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.
 * 1)  The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
 * 2)  The process of locating data in memory.
 * 3)  Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
 * 4)   or assent.
 * 1)  Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
 * 2)   or assent.
 * 1)   or assent.

Usage notes

 * sometimes confused with.

Translations

 * Arabic: معبر,
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: до́ступ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: pääs
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: acceso
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: piekļuve
 * Macedonian: достап, пристап
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: aċċess
 * Old English: tōgang, ingang
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: приступ, при́лаз, у̀лаз
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: prístup
 * Slovene: dostop
 * Somali:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: до́ступ
 * Urdu: رَسائی, پَہُن٘چ


 * Arabic: دخول, ولوج
 * Armenian:, մոտենալը
 * Belarusian: падхо́д
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: pääs
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: act of approaching,  act of entering,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: aċċess
 * Old English: tōgang
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: pristop
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: підхі́д


 * Arabic: حق ولوج
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, toegangsrecht,
 * Estonian: pääs
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, tilgang
 * Nynorsk: åtgang, tilgang
 * Old English: tōgang
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene: dostop
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Latvian: lēkme
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Danish: samværdsret
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tapaamisoikeus
 * German: Umgangsrecht
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: besøksrett
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: atingo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წვდომა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წვდომა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:, tilgang
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: dostop
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, tilgang
 * Nynorsk:, tilgang
 * Welsh:

Etymology 2

 * First attested in 1962.

Verb

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

Translations

 * Arabic: وَلَجَ, ذلف, نفذ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: komme ind (i), skaffe/få (til)
 * Dutch: toegang hebben (tot), ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Norwegian: få tilgang
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovene: dostopati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: göra åtkomlig,


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: toegang hebben (tot)
 * Finnish: päästä käsiksi
 * French: ,
 * German: Zugang haben,
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: aksessere
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: присту́пити
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: dostopati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ha åtkomst