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

They said the government team had sifted through legally privileged material and accessed her laptop before proceeding to delete multiple files.

From BBC

“It’s definitely a national-security risk if accessed by a foreign intelligence service. This is a strategic intelligence asset, not just stolen data.”

From MarketWatch

“It’s definitely a national-security risk if accessed by a foreign intelligence service. This is a strategic intelligence asset, not just stolen data.”

From MarketWatch

Much like Allen’s abode in Buffalo, it has a sizable pool, which can be accessed via a motorized window wall between the main living area and the backyard.

From MarketWatch

They highlighted briefing materials and other internal Fed staff reports—some marked “Do Not Disseminate” in red and all-caps—that Rogers solicited from colleagues or otherwise accessed and forwarded to his personal Gmail account.

From The Wall Street Journal