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 late July, according to the FBI, utility companies in at least seven states experienced cyberattacks from “malicious cyber actors” who remotely accessed water management systems, causing loss of pressure and flooding.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
It can only be accessed from abroad, or with the help of VPNs – virtual private networks used to circumvent restrictions.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"These conditions make air operations important to reach areas that cannot be accessed optimally by land," the official said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Late last month, the FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency all warned that cyberattackers remotely accessed online infrastructure for water and wastewater systems in at least seven states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
At least one of the courtyards had been completely isolated and could only be accessed by climbing through a window.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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