accessibility
Americannoun
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the quality of being easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, use, or understand.
Transportation in boats, land vehicles, and eventually aircraft dramatically increased the accessibility of most locations on the planet.
What is most immediately noticeable about the music is its accessibility.
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the quality of being usable, reachable, obtainable, etc..
The closeness and accessibility of the moon allow us to operate there in a way that is not possible with other space destinations.
The Open Access policy establishes the company’s expectations relating to the public accessibility of data from research done by staff members or outside contractors.
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the quality of being suitable or adapted for use by people with disabilities.
Undoubtedly, tourism and travel revenues will come to depend more and more on adequate accessibility as the number of senior and disabled visitors grows in the coming decades.
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Etymology
Origin of accessibility
Explanation
Accessibility is approachability. One of the things you may want to consider in a job is the accessibility of the managers. If you have a concern, are they available to help, or are they always in meetings or "at lunch"? Accessibility also refers to the quality of being available when needed. You like the accessibility of the company's customer service because you don't have to wait endlessly on hold in hopes of reaching a human being. Accessibility also refers to how easily a disabled person can negotiate part of a building or structure. The stadium had wheelchair accessibility with ramps and a special seating area.
Vocabulary lists containing accessibility
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Example Sentences
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The trend’s appeal has a lot to do with the star ingredient’s accessibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Corner said that within the research, 90% of Londoners praised the accessibility and affordability of art in the capital.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Stripping away all that returns us to Ross’ philosophy about art’s accessibility.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
With the help of Inevitable Foundation’s Visionary Fellowship, disabled artists like Bode and filmmaker Katherine Craft offer a template for accessibility in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The musical had, as the twentieth century matured, gratefully filled the vacuum created by opera’s self-imposed exile from accessibility, an attribute it had successfully maintained from the 1630s to Puccini’s last operas in the 1920s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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