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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
ARK isn’t the only firm attempting to make OpenAI more accessible to a wider audience ahead of a potential initial public offering, but investors should be mindful of the risks.
From MarketWatch
The couple expects to move to another section of the stadium, where two access ramps and four accessible toilets were recently installed.
From Barron's
They are among hundreds of thousands of ship plans and documents made widely accessible.
From BBC
Besides a monthly statement, how do I know my money is there and accessible to me?
From MarketWatch
Make sure passwords are accessible, and documents — wills, trusts, life-insurance policies, retirement funds — are organized for your children when the time comes.
From MarketWatch
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