Access Definition

ăksĕs

accessed, accesses, accessing

noun

accesses

A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of.

A store with easy access.

American Heritage

The act of coming toward or near to; approach.

Webster's New World

The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of.

Has access to the restricted area; has access to classified material.

American Heritage

A way or means of approaching, getting, using, etc.

Webster's New World

Public access.

American Heritage

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verb

accessed, accesses, accessing

To obtain access to, especially by computer.

Used a browser to access a website; accessed her bank account online.

American Heritage

To gain or have access to; esp., to retrieve data from, or add data to, a database.

Branch officials can access the central database.

Webster's New World

To gain or obtain access to.

Wiktionary

(computing) To have access to (data).

I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.

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Other Word Forms of Access

Singular:

access

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From Middle English, from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English acces a coming to from Old French from Latin accessus past participle of accēdere to arrive ad- ad- cēdere to come ked- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested in the early 14th century.

From Wiktionary
First attested in 1962.

From Wiktionary