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• past tense form of access.
• past participle of access.

accessed

American  

[ak-sest] / ˈæk sɛst /

adjective

1. reached, contacted, entered, or visited.

   Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.

   Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.

2. obtained or made use of.

   She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

3. Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another.

   Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of access.

Other Word Forms

• unaccessed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of accessed

First recorded in 1870–75; access ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; access ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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accessed

It can only be accessed from abroad, or with the help of VPNs – virtual private networks used to circumvent restrictions.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“A thorough investigation found no evidence of MOD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

It found that during tests conducted alongside Irregular, Claude had accessed three separate companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The TBE vaccine is not available on the NHS and can only be accessed privately through specialised travel health clinics and pharmacies.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He quickly accessed the electronic file that he was required to complete after every interaction with a student.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan