{
    "term": "access",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the opportunity or right to use something or to see somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "access to something/somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "High-speed **internet access** has become a necessity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need a password to **get access** to the computer system.",
                    "contextForm": "access to something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**access to information/services/resources**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**access to healthcare/education**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are seeking increased **access to markets** overseas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **provide/allow access** to something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **restrict/block access** to something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Journalists were denied access to the President."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many divorced fathers only **have access** to their children at weekends *(= they are allowed by law to see them only at weekends)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students must have access to good resources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was finally granted access to the medical records."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Men and women should have equal access to education and employment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people are being denied access to adequate medical care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students have easy access to libraries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer provides access to all the information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "high-speed internet access"
                },
                {
                    "text": "universal access to education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a need to increase educational opportunities and access to colleges."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "easy", "free"],
                "verb + access": ["have", "gain", "get"],
                "access + noun": ["point", "road", "route"],
                "preposition": ["access for", "access to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a way of entering or reaching a place",
            "sensetop": "access to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police **gained access** through a broken window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many paths have become overgrown, **blocking access**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is **easy access** by road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We welcome disabled visitors and there is wheelchair access to all parts of the park.",
                    "contextForm": "access to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lived deep in the country, without easy access to shops."
                },
                {
                    "text": "improved access for disabled visitors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A journalist gained access to the star's hospital room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A judge ruled that the public have right of access to the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Access points to the site had been blocked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Double doors give access to the terrace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The changes will improve access for wheelchair users."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The only access was down a flight of steep steps."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The public will once again have access to the castle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is wheelchair access to most of the facilities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may need to gain access to the space under the floor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Disability"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "easy", "free"],
                "verb + access": ["have", "gain", "get"],
                "access + noun": ["point", "road", "route"],
                "preposition": ["access for", "access to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈækses/",
                "audio": "ac/access/access__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈækses/",
                "audio": "ac/access/access__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin accessus, from the verb accedere ‘to approach’, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’"
}