accessible

[ ak-ses-uh-buhl ]

/ ækˈsɛs ə bəl /

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adjective

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

able to be used, entered, reached, etc.: an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

suitable for disabled people to reach, enter, or use, as a result of design modifications: wheelchair-accessible vans;modified controllers to make video games accessible.

readily understandable: Students may believe that poetry is not accessible because of its metaphorical language.

obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.

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

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Origin of accessible

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; see origin at access, -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM accessible

ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty

[ak-ses-uh-bil-uh-tee] /ækˌsɛs əˈbɪl ə ti/ nounac·ces·si·bly, adverbnon·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectivepre·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective

un·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectiveun·ac·ces·si·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accessible

accessible , assessable

Words nearby accessible

access charge, access code, access course, accessed, accessibility, accessible, accession, accession number, access land, access method, accessorial

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How to use accessible in a sentence

My mission is to normalize the use of cannabis and to make the plant more accessible to people of color.
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Sometimes the best thing you can do as a platform is to understand that profit and efficiency is at risk, but seek the solution that allows for the most data-points to be accessible so all paying customers can utilize your advertising solution.
This decade’s most important marketing question: What data rights do advertisers possess?|Kirk Williams|September 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
The sites are being offered as traditional polling sites, such as senior centers, schools or other public buildings, become less accessible amid concerns about the novel coronavirus, and are being offered free of charge, according to the company.
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump|Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Some accessible areas were plastered with “No Trespassing” signs.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular-Science

Coker said Lorson has made an effort to be responsive by putting the process on pause and is being professional and accessible in general, but still hasn’t addressed all of their concerns.
Oceanside Is Rethinking Its Police Chief Hiring Process Following Community Concerns|Kayla Jimenez|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Recently, historians have been working hard to write books that are more accessible.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Consumers are also gaining the ability to take the designs into their own hands as 3D printing becomes more accessible.
What, and Who, You'll Be Wearing in 2015|Justin Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
She wrote to the managers and requested it be made accessible to her, but her request was dismissed.
TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That|Nina Strochlic|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Easily accessible to all, courteous and reasonable ever, he was in many respects a model railway manager.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Au Sud de Gaba Tépé s'étend une plaine que les cartes disent accessible au débarquement.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
The whole story is also told by Dryden, whose version is easily accessible.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
There are some forty-two of these cemeteries in all now known, many of which are only partially accessible.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow

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 of accessible

accessibility, nounaccessibly, adverb

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