Dictionary Entry
access
access is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
- 2noun
The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
- 3noun
Admission to sexual intercourse.
- 4noun
Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
- 5noun
An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
- 6noun
A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
- 7noun
the act of approaching or entering
"he gained access to the building"
- 8noun
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
Synonyms
- 9noun
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- 10noun
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- 11noun
the right to enter
- 12noun
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.)
- 13verb
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"
- 14verb
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
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