Englishfor English speakers
write
Verb
—
If you write a book, an article, a computer program, a piece of music, etc., you create it.
My dream is to write a children's book.
Mozart wrote over 600 pieces of music during his lifetime.
He can't write. He's a terrible writer.
In the article, the author writes that these things need to change.
—
If you write, you use letters, numbers, or other marks on paper or on a computer to show words.
Can you write your name and phone number here for me?
Our teacher taught us to write beautifully.
It's amazing how many people can't read and write.
Do you have any paper to write on?
Listen to what I say and write it down.
—
If you write, you send a letter to someone.
Please, phone or write me when you have some time.
She would write to Mom every week and give her all the details.
—
(computer) If a computer writes, it records something in its memory or on a disk.
Old computers were much slower at writing files.
access
Noun
—
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
—
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.