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

Derived 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

On the upside, Starlink can be accessed while you’re on a plane or on a boat on the high seas.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"We are working to verify the exact scope of the data accessed and will provide further updates as our investigation confirms these details," Carter added.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As for the website you accessed, it can only see the VPN server’s IP address, so it cannot uniquely identify you.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to an internal complaint at Fannie Mae, Pulte had improperly accessed the mortgage records of James and other Democratic officials.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 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