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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unaccessed adjective

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

But less than 2% of Apollo’s private-credit assets are in funds that can be accessed by investors on a quarterly or more-frequent basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

At the same time, it must remain flexible enough to allow certain genes to be accessed while others stay inactive.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The app’s settings are accessed by clicking the Menu icon at the top right of the app and choosing Preferences.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

It's understood Revolut also maintains its system was not accessed by fraudsters and that Rhonda was sent five phone alerts about suspicious transactions, four of which she indicated she recognised.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

He accessed pet store databases to get a list of anyone who made regular purchases of dog food over the past few years.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman