access
A way or means of approaching or enteringA way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
» Every student has access to the library.
Jeder Student hat Zugang zur Bibliothek.
Каждый студент имеет доступ к библиотеке.
У всех студентов есть доступ к библиотеке.
Все студенты могут пользоваться библиотекой.
У всех учеников есть доступ к библиотеке.
Все ученики могут пользоваться библиотекой.
Кожен студент має доступ до бібліотеки.
Meaning
12 senses(uncountable)A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
The door provides access to the premises.
Zugang, Eingang
до́ступdóstup
до́ступdóstup
the act of approaching or entering
(uncountable)The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
They gained access to the basement from the stairs.
Zugang
подхо́дpodxód
підхі́дpidxíd
a way of entering or leaving
(uncountable)The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
Staff prevent unauthorized access to the building.
Zugang, Zutritt
(uncountable)The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
ease of access
the right to enter
(uncountable)Admission to sexual intercourse.
(countable)An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
(countable)An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
Ausbruch, Gefühlsausbruch, Anfall
(uncountable)The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
Umgangsrecht
(countable)The process of locating data in memory.
Zugriff
до́ступdóstup
(uncountable)Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
Zugriff
(Scotland, uncountable)Complicity or assent.
(archaic, countable)An increase by addition; accession.
an access of territory
Examples
424 sentencesEvery student has access to the library.
Кожен студент має доступ до бібліотеки.
ruКаждый студент имеет доступ к библиотеке.
deJeder Student hat Zugang zur Bibliothek.
How do you access the Internet?
Як ти підєднуєшся до Інтернету?
ruКак ты заходишь в интернет?
deWie gehst du ins Internet?
Students have access to the library.
ruУ студентов есть доступ к библиотеке.
deStudenten haben Zugang zur Bibliothek.
I have access to his library.
deIch habe Zutritt zu seiner Bibliothek.
He had access to the papers.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English accesse, acces, borrowed from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”From Middle English accesse, acces, borrowed from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus. First attested in the early 14th century. The sense "entrance" was first attested about 1380.
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Forms
plural: accessesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a way of entering or leaving:approach
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information:memory access
- 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.):access code
- the right to enter:entreeaccessionadmissionadmittance
Word family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable