Thesaurus: access

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1. n. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
2. n. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
3. n. Admission to sexual intercourse.
4. n. Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
5. n. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
6. n. A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
7. n. the right to enter
8. n. the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
9. n. a way of entering or leaving
10. n. 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.)
11. n. (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
12. n. the act of approaching or entering