Access vs. Excess
Accessnoun
(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
Accessnoun
(uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
Accessnoun
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
Accessnoun
(uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
Accessnoun
(uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
Accessnoun
An increase by addition; accession
Accessnoun
(countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
Accessnoun
(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
Accessnoun
The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
Accessnoun
The process of locating data in memory.
Accessnoun
Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
Accessverb
(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
Accessverb
To have access to (data).
Accessnoun
A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
Accessnoun
The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.
Accessnoun
Admission to sexual intercourse.
Accessnoun
Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
Accessnoun
An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
Accessnoun
A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.
Accessnoun
the right to enter
Accessnoun
the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
Accessnoun
a way of entering or leaving;
Accessnoun
(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
Accessnoun
the act of approaching or entering;
Accessverb
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
Accessverb
reach or gain access to;
Excessnoun
The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper
Excessnoun
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
Excessnoun
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Excessnoun
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
Excessnoun
A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
Excessadjective
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
Excessverb
To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
Excessnoun
The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
Excessnoun
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Excessnoun
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
Excessnoun
a quantity much larger than is needed
Excessnoun
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
Excessnoun
the state of being more than full
Excessnoun
excessive indulgence;
Excessadjective
more than is needed, desired, or required;
