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access
Noun
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If you have access to something, you can use it, look at it, enter it, etc.
As a student, you have access to all our facilities including the library and computers.
We will seek to provide greater access to personal records held by government.
access
Verb
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If you access something, you get information from it, usually using a computer.
The product enables multiple systems to access a single database.
Users of PCs can access images from the photo CDs using any CD-ROM input device.
permission
Noun
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If you have permission to do something, then the person who has authority over you or over that thing allows you to do it.
My father gave me permission to go to the city.