accessible
Americanadjective
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easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
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able to be used, entered, reached, etc..
an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.
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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.
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readily understandable.
Students may believe that poetry is not accessible because of its metaphorical language.
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obtainable; attainable.
accessible evidence.
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open to the influence of (usually followed byto ).
accessible to bribery.
adjective
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easy to approach, enter, use, or understand
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likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to
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obtainable; available
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easy for disabled people to enter or use
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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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of accessible
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; see origin at access, -ible
Explanation
Accessible can mean easy to get to. If the mall is easily accessible, you might be tempted to spend a lot of money on your lunch breaks. The "within reach" definition of the adjective accessible does not just refer to physical distance. A person can be accessible if they are approachable and friendly. A celebrity that is accessible probably signs a lot of autographs and grants interviews. The word can also describe something that is easily understood. You might need to read a plot summary of a long convoluted novel — to make it more accessible or easy to follow.
Vocabulary lists containing accessible
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Example Sentences
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The goal for “Wishbone” was to make these stories accessible for children, paying homage to the source material, while aiming to instill young viewers with the interest to pick up the books themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Unlike previous specials, Tomlinson purposefully wrote “Prodigal Daughter” to be more accessible to the community she left behind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The Campaign for Better Transport, which advocates for sustainable and accessible travel, said the move would be a "real step change".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Denver and Honolulu are becoming more accessible to the average home buyer, some of the few bright spots in a still-forbidding housing market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Maria's beautiful, accessible art and text electrified her fellow naturalists.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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