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accessed

American  
[ak-sest] / ˈæk sɛst /

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 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


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The company added that it has no indication that he accessed the model weights that drive its artificial intelligence tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A top-floor apartment was set up at the hospital, accessed by a long corridor guarded by Italian and Vatican police.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Another standout feature is the home’s wine cellar, which is accessed by a staircase featuring herringbone-patterned brickwork.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Earlier this year, a rogue agent by rival tech company, Open AI, hacked an Australian government website and accessed private data on the country's universal healthcare scheme, Medicare.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It came from the well that accessed an underground arm of the Sogozha River.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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