accessible

American  

[ak-ses-uh-buhl, ik-] / ækˈsɛs ə bəl, ɪk- /

adjective

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

2. able to be used, entered, reached, etc..

   an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

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

   wheelchair-accessible vans;

   modified controllers to make video games accessible.

4. readily understandable.

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

5. obtainable; attainable.

   accessible evidence.

6. open to the influence of (usually followed byto ).

   accessible to bribery.

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accessible British  

/ əkˈsɛsəbəl /

adjective

1. easy to approach, enter, use, or understand

2. likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to

3. obtainable; available

4. easy for disabled people to enter or use

5. 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

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Other Word Forms

• accessibility noun
• accessibly adverb
• nonaccessible adjective
• preaccessible adjective
• unaccessible adjective
• unaccessibly adverb

Etymology

Origin of accessible

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

Example Sentences

The media is barred from the meeting, which is accessible to party members only.

From BBC

With a student population of 38,000 at University of Colorado Boulder, participants hope the town could inject some youth into the festival and make it more accessible to undiscovered artists.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wortsman said they "like to be a presence in the community", so they hired easily accessible places such as village halls.

From BBC

Andy now continues to enjoy water sports and their business runs accessible training sessions for those with sight loss - something Andy is passionate about.

From BBC

Chatbots are popular with young people because they are "just fast and easily accessible", especially for those who are isolated, he said.

From BBC

Related Words

• available
• handy
• reachable
• usable