accessible

[ ak-ses-uh-buh l ]

/ ækˈsɛs ə bəl /

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adjective

easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.

that can be used, entered, reached, etc.: an accessible road; accessible ruins.

obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.

open to the influence of (usually followed by to): accessible to bribery.

Nearby words

access method, access point, access road, access time, accessary, accessible, accession, accession number, accessorial, accessorius, accessorize

Origin of accessible

From the Late Latin word accessibilis, dating back to 1600–10. See access, -ible

Related forms

ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, nounac·ces·si·bly, adverbnon·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectivepre·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective

un·ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, nounun·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectiveun·ac·ces·si·bly, adverb

Can be confused

accessible assessable

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Examples from the Web for accessible

Which is bad, because we all have an investment in making college affordable and accessible to everyone.
The Student Loan Crisis That Isn’t About Kids at Harvard|Monica Potts|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the site is incompatible with special screen reading software that would make it accessible to blind readers.
TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That|Nina Strochlic|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gardens can be designed to be accessible and interesting to people of all levels of abilities.
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled|Elizabeth Picciuto|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Travel with lofty purpose really began when it was accessible only to a small and privileged class with unlimited time to travel.
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Women do so, experts say, because the diet has been made so accessible that it now seems like the popular thing to do.
The Gluten-Free Diet Has Two Faces|Andrea Powell|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence Fragment C is from yet a third source, not much of which seems to have been accessible.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Roads, passes, and noted points are made as accessible as possible, and kept in good order during the season.
Over the Ocean|Curtis Guild
They experienced some difficulty in landing and attacked the most accessible fort first.
The History of Sulu|Najeeb M. Saleeby
It was accessible by the river Monatiquot, which was the cause of the apprehension.
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution|John Adams
If too accessible they are likely to be made receptacles for all sorts of rubbish.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions|Henry C. Horstmann

British Dictionary definitions for accessible

accessible

/ (əkˈsɛsəbəl) /

adjective

easy to approach, enter, use, or understand

accessible to likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to

obtainable; available

easy for disabled people to enter or use

logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W

Derived Forms

accessibility, nounaccessibly, adverb

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