access

A person who has access to someone or something can get it or reach it. This word is used for information, equipment, buildings, technology, etc.

• Who has access to your password?
• It’s hard to gain access to the roof of the building.
• Do you have access to a computer?
• We need access to more data. (We need to get more information.)
• The people who live in that camp require access to clean drinking water.

This word can also be used as a verb:

• You can access the building through the rear entrance.
• They’re trying to access services from the government.
• The company accessed new technology that will enable it to do more work with fewer workers.
• You can’t access the highway from this road.

The road doesn’t provide access to the highway.

The word "accessible" is an adjective:

• This information is accessible only to those who have a password.
• The fire escape is accessible through the window.
• The internet should be accessible to everyone.
• Newly constructed buildings in the United States are accessible to people in wheelchairs.

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November 1, 2014