/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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