If you have access to something such as information or equipment, you have the opportunity or right to see it or use it. a Code of Practice that would give patients right of access to their medical records
If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it. The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users Scientists have only recently been able to gain access to the area The Mortimer Hotel offers easy access to central London
the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building" a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T
If you access something, especially information held on a computer, you succeed in finding or obtaining it. You've illegally accessed and misused confidential security files. to find information, especially on a computer