Live Vocabulary lesson – August 2nd – lesson notes and links

COUNTABLE NOUN
A shopaholic is someone who greatly enjoys going shopping and buying things, or who cannot stop themselves doing this.
[informal]
f. access
(ækses)


Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense accesses, present participle accessing, past tense, past participle accessed


1. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users. [+ to]
Scientists have only recently been able to gain access to the area. [+ to]
The Mortimer Hotel offers easy access to central London. [+ to]
Synonyms: admission, entry, passage
2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If you have access to something such as information or equipment, you have the opportunity or right to see it or use it.
...a Code of Practice that would give patients right of access to their medical records. [+ to]
Consultant-led teams will have access to the latest equipment.
3. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If you have access to a person, you have the opportunity or right to see them or meet them.
He was not allowed access to a lawyer. [+ to]
g. refund


Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense refunds, present participle refunding, past tense, past participle refunded