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• past participle of access.
• past tense form of access.

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

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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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Example Sentences

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accessed

Medical records belonging to a man killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park may have been accessed "without a legitimate reason" by staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service, a spokesperson has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Humans could not see them, but they could be summoned and accessed using the Wyrdmarks.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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