access
noun
[ ˈaksɛs ]
• the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place.
• "the staircase gives access to the top floor"
• an attack or outburst of an emotion.
• "I was suddenly overcome with an access of rage"
Similar:
fit,
attack,
bout,
outpouring,
eruption,
explosion,
outburst,
burst,
outbreak,
flare-up,
blow-up,
blaze,
spasm,
paroxysm,
seizure,
rush,
gale,
flood,
storm,
hurricane,
torrent,
surge,
upsurge,
spurt,
effusion,
outflow,
outflowing,
welling up,
splurt,
ebullition,
boutade,
access
verb
• approach or enter (a place).
• "single rooms have private facilities accessed via the balcony"
• obtain or retrieve (computer data or a file).
• "information can be accessed from several files and displayed at the same time"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘sudden attack of illness’): from Latin accessus, from the verb accedere ‘to approach’ (see accede). access (sense 1 of the noun) is first recorded in the early 17th century.
