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
- 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
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He and his business partner Giles Male are searching for new talent to take on the e-sport and hopes that adding more problem solving will make it more "accessible".
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Prof Whitelock, though positive about Prince William and his fellow senior Royals' attempts to seem more accessible, is less sure about whether that is enough to modernise the institution as a whole.
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Leeds City Council's executive member for adult social care, active lifestyles and culture, Salma Arif said the lending scheme allowed art to be "accessible and available to everyone".
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Church officials also want the nuns to ensure that the enclosed part of the convent will no longer be accessible to people who do not belong to the order.
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Dean, who has become one of this year's biggest breakout stars - with four songs charting simultaneously in the UK's Top 20 - responded by urging the music industry to ensure live music remains "accessible for all".
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