Definition of access

"access" in the noun sense

1. entree, access, accession, admission, admittance

the right to enter

2. access

the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

3. access, approach

a way of entering or leaving

"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

4. access, access code

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.)

5. access, memory access

computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

6. access

the act of approaching or entering

"he gained access to the building"

"access" in the verb sense

1. access

obtain or retrieve from a storage device as of information on a computer

2. access, get at

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"

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Quotations for access

I rise again with access of splendour. [ Motto ]

Make thick my blood,
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of Nature
Shake my fell purpose. [ William Shakespeare, Macbeth ]

Art is a ready means of access to royalty. [ Tiberius Maximus ]

Can so much gall find access in devout souls? [ Boileau ]

Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remained
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way.
And giv'st access, though secret she retire. [ Milton ]

Not by constraint or severity shall you have access to true wisdom, but by abandonment and childlike mirthfulness. [ Thoreau ]

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof, and obtain access for himself and family to some social library. Almost any luxury should be sacrificed to this. [ William Ellery Channing ]

He is the rich man in whom the people are rich, and he is the poor man in whom the people are poor; and how to give access to the masterpieces of art and nature is the problem of civilisation. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Surely it is better to enclose the gulf and hinder all access, than by encouraging us to advance a little, to entice us afterwards a little further, and let us perceive our folly only by our destruction. [ Johnson ]

There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased, till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive. [ Spencer ]

access in Scrabble®

The word access is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters access:

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In access

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access in Words With Friends™

The word access is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters access:

ACCESS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In access

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Words within the letters of access

2 letter words in access (1 word)

3 letter words in access (5 words)

4 letter words in access (5 words)

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6 letter words in access (1 word)

access + 1 blank (1 word)

Word Growth involving access

Shorter words in access

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Longer words containing access

accessability

accessable

accessaries

accessarily

accessariness

accessary accessaryship accessaryships

accessed randomaccessed

accesses microaccesses

accesses multiaccesses

accesses randomaccesses

accessibilities

accessibility inaccessibility

accessible inaccessible

accessible unaccessible

accessibly inaccessibly

accessing randomaccessing

accession deaccession deaccessioned

accession deaccession deaccessioning

accession deaccession deaccessions

accessorial

accessories

accessorily

accessorise accessorised

accessorise accessorises

accessorising

accessorize accessorized

accessorize accessorizes

accessorizing

accessors

accessory

microaccess microaccesses

multiaccess multiaccesses

randomaccess randomaccessed

randomaccess randomaccesses

randomaccess randomaccessing

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