Definition of acess
1. access [ n ] a way of entering or leaving
Examples:
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)
The new interchange among the four Los_Angeles freeways , including the grade-constructed accesses , occupies by itself no less than eighty acres of downtown land , one-eighth of a square_mile , an area about the size of Rockefeller_Center in New_York .
Less ambitious freeway plans may be more successful - especially when the roadways and interchanges are raised , allowing_for cross access at many points and providing parking_areas below the ramp .
Synonyms approach access Related Terms way entrance2. access [ n ] the right to enter
Used in print:(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)
The freeway with narrowly spaced interchanges concentrates and mitigates the access problem , but it also acts inevitably as an artificial , isolating boundary .
Synonyms access accession admittance entree Related Terms right door admit3. access [ n ] the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
Used in print:(Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)
These provisions are designed to reflect the differences in wealth and population among the States , with the objective that a vocationally handicapped person have access to needed services regardless of whether he resides in a State with a low or high per_capita income or a sparsely or thickly populated State .
(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)
Petitioner was not denied due_process in the administrative proceedings , because the statement in_question was in his file , to which he had access , and he had opportunities to rebut it both before the hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and before the appeal_board .
Synonyms access Related Terms right4. access [ n ] (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
Synonyms memory_access access Related Terms operation disk_access computer_science5. access [ v ] reach or gain access to
Examples:
"How does one access the attic in this house?"
"I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"
6. access [ v ] obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
Synonyms access Related Terms recover log_in address computer_science7. access [ n ] the act of approaching or entering
Examples:
"he gained access to the building"
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