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public access

noun

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

Word by Word Definitions

public play

  1. : exposed to general view : open

  2. : well-known, prominent

  3. : perceptible, material

  1. : a place accessible or visible to the public

  2. : the people as a whole : populace

  3. : a group of people having common interests or characteristics

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access play

  1. : permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing

  2. : freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something

  3. : a way or means of entering or approaching

  1. : to get at : to gain access to: such as

  2. : to be able to use, enter, or get near (something)

  3. : to open or load (a computer file, an Internet site, etc.)

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