1. access, accession, admission, admittance, entree

the right to enter

• accession
• admission
• admittance
• entree

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

Example Sentences:
'he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge'

• approach

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.)

• access code

5. access, memory access

(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

• memory access

6. access

the act of approaching or entering

Example Sentences:
'he gained access to the building'

7. access

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

8. access, get at

reach or gain access to

Example Sentences:
'How does one access the attic in this house?'
'I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof'

• get at