public access
Definition of public access
chiefly US
: a television channel on which any person can broadcast a program The city council meeting will be broadcast on public access. —often used before another noun public access television a public access channel
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: exposed to general view : open
: well-known, prominent
: perceptible, material
: the people as a whole : populace
: a group of people having common interests or characteristics
: the group at which a particular activity or enterprise aims
: permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing
: freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something
: a way or means of entering or approaching
: to get at : to gain access to: such as
: to be able to use, enter, or get near (something)
: to open or load (a computer file, an Internet site, etc.)
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