access /akˈses/

1. Approach
2. Admittance
3. A way of opportunity, approach or entrance
4. Addition, accession
5. Onset or attack of illness
6. A fit (of illness or passion)
7. Permission to log on to a computer system, and to read and alter files held
8. The possibility of transferring data to and from memory (computing)

1. To locate or retrieve information
2. To retrieve information from (a computer), or from a computer in (a particular location)
3. To gain access to in any sense

accessˈary noun and adjective

Accessory (esp in legal senses)

accessibilˈity noun

accessˈible adjective

1. Within reach
2. Approachable
3. Easily comprehensible

accessˈibly adverb

accession /ak-seshˈən/ noun

1. The act or event of acceding
2. A coming, esp to an office or honour, or as an addition or new member
3. That which is added
4. An addition by nature or industry to existing property (law)
5. Acquisition of such an addition by the owner of the existing property (law)
6. Assent
7. An access or fit (obsolete)

To enter in a book as an accession to a library

accessorˈial adjective

accessˈorily adverb

accessˈorize or accessˈorise transitive verb

To add accessories to

accessˈory adjective

1. Additional
2. Subsidiary, present along with something more important
3. Occurring by accident
4. Contributing
5. Aiding or participating in a crime (law) or misdeed, but not as a principal

1. Anything, esp an item of equipment, that is secondary, additional or non-essential
2. Someone who helps or allows others to commit a crime

access broadcasting, access television, etc noun

Radio and television programmes put out independently by groups of people, not professionally involved in broadcasting, who want to bring their points of view to public notice

access charge noun

A charge for access to a computer or telecommunications network

access course noun

A course preparing those without formal qualifications for further education

access eye noun (building)

A plug provided in soil, waste and drain pipes that can be unscrewed for easy access to a blockage

accessory minerals plural noun

Minerals whose presence or absence is not considered when a type of rock is given a name

accessory pigments plural noun

Pigments found in chloroplasts and blue-green algae that transfer their absorbed energy to chlorophyll a (the primary pigment) during photosynthesis

accessory shoe same as hot shoe (see under hot¹).

access road noun

A minor road built to give access to a house, locality, motorway, etc

access television see access broadcasting above.

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