accessed

[ ak-sest ]

adjective

1. 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.

2. obtained or made use of:

   She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

3. 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

1. the simple past tense and past participle of access.

Other Words From

• un·ac·cessed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accessed¹

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

Only after the agency has given the green light will a first, limited group of high-risk people be able to access the shots.

From Washington Post

This week, BuzzFeed acquired something that has grown increasingly important to them — access to an older audience.

From Digiday

This means they’re given access to deep dives on topics that are not necessarily associated with their career track, and will pay either $100 per year or $15 per month to take away new insights from content that could offer a fresh perspective.

From Digiday

There will be no awards ceremony this year, no access to the schools where the race starts and finishes and no shuttle service to and from parking lots.

From Washington Post

These challenges are compounded by the fact that many households across New York City still lack remote learning devices, access to WiFi, cellular data service, or adequate technological support needed for successful remote engagement.

From Washington Post

Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders cannot be accessed without a virtual private network.

From The Daily Beast

Mostly, I accessed my account from the small screen of my phone, following world leaders, writers, and others I admire.

From The Daily Beast

The full name of the passenger, Hourdajian told The Daily Beast, can be accessed from within the Uber app by the driver.

From The Daily Beast

He suggested that changes should be considered only about how it is stored and how it is accessed.

From The Daily Beast

The agency's audit concluded that the Senate staffers using the database had accessed documents they were not authorized to see.

From The Daily Beast

These are marked by light underlining and a title attribute which can be accessed by hovering with the mouse.

From Project Gutenberg

High-resolution images can be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.

From Project Gutenberg

Higher resolution versions of the star maps and lunar charts may be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.

From Project Gutenberg

However, a transliteration is provided in a title attribute which can be accessed by hovering with the mouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The second set of footnotes, used for commentary on the text, is accessed through hyperlinks in this document.

From Project Gutenberg