accessed
Americanadjective
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reached, contacted, entered, or visited.
Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.
Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.
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obtained or made use of.
She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.
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Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another.
Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of accessed
First recorded in 1870–75; access ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; access ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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In July, OpenAI disclosed that AI systems being tested for cybersecurity capabilities had found their way outside a supposedly isolated environment and accessed systems belonging to Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In May, a Liverpool hospital trust admitted nearly 50 staff had inappropriately accessed the records of some victims treated at Aintree Hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Banque Misr’s United Arab Emirates branch accessed U.S. correspondent accounts and routed as much as $1.8 billion for companies that were potentially part of Iranian shadow-banking networks, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
It says the monarchy's "ageing legacy" computer system increases the risk of hacks, reporting the Palace's official website has previously been taken offline and confidential files are thought to have been accessed.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When I accessed the planet’s colophon, I saw that Syrinx’s author was listed as “Anonymous.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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