Dictionary entry details
• ACCESS (noun)
Meaning:
The right to enter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
access; admittance; entree; accession
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "access"):
door (anything providing a means of access (or escape))
Meaning:
The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Meaning:
A way of entering or leaving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
access; approach
Context example:
he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "access"):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
Meaning:
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.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
access code; access
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "access"):
back door; backdoor (an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains)
Meaning:
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
memory access; access
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction))
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "access"):
disk access (memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored)
Meaning:
The act of approaching or entering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he gained access to the building
Hypernyms ("access" is a kind of...):
approach; approaching; coming (the act of drawing spatially closer to something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "access"):
back door; backdoor (a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position))
• ACCESS (verb)
Meaning:
Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "access" is one way to...):
find; recover; regain; retrieve (get or find back; recover the use of)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "access"):
address (access or locate by address)
log in; log on; log-in (enter a computer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reach or gain access to
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get at; access
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "access" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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