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

"We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach," a Rockstar spokesperson told the outlet.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"Spain is also seen as a gateway to Europe, Latin America and North Africa. It can function as a hub -- a place from which multiple markets can be accessed at once."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

But less than 2% of Apollo’s private-credit assets are in funds that can be accessed by investors on a quarterly or more-frequent basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

At the same time, it must remain flexible enough to allow certain genes to be accessed while others stay inactive.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The process was akin to a library of rare books that is accessed for translation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee