Kilo Lingo

/ˈæk.ses/

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Translation

The right to go into a place or to use something, or the way in.

Word origin

From Latin accessus, a coming towards, from accedere, to come near.

Origin
Latin
Root
accessus
English cognates
accessible

Examples

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To "have access" is to be allowed to go in.

wheelchairs.

Here "access" is the way people get inside.

password .

"Access" is also a verb, meaning to reach something and use it.

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This word is part of lesson 30.