access
1. the right to enter (Freq. 2) • Syn: entree, accession, admission, admittance • Derivationally related forms: admit (for: admittance) • Hypernyms: right • Hyponyms: door 2. the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: right 3. a way of entering or leaving (Freq. 2) - he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge • Syn: approach • Hypernyms: way • Hyponyms: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree 4. 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.) • Syn: access code • Hypernyms: code • Hyponyms: back door, backdoor 5. (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information • Syn: memory access • Topics: computer science, computing • Hypernyms: operation • Hyponyms: disk access 6. the act of approaching or entering - he gained access to the building • Hypernyms: approach, approaching, coming • Hyponyms: back door, backdoor
1. obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer • Topics: computer science, computing • Hypernyms: recover, retrieve, find, regain • Hyponyms: address, log in, log on, log-in • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. reach or gain access to - How does one access the attic in this house? - I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof • Syn: get at • Derivationally related forms: accessible, accession • Hypernyms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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