accessible

[ ak-ses-uh-buhl ]

/ ækˈsɛs ə bəl /

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adjective

easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.

able to be used, entered, reached, etc.: an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

suitable for disabled people to reach, enter, or use, as a result of design modifications: wheelchair-accessible vans;modified controllers to make video games accessible.

readily understandable: Students may believe that poetry is not accessible because of its metaphorical language.

obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.

open to the influence of (usually followed by to): accessible to bribery.

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Origin of accessible

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; see origin at access, -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM accessible

ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty

[ak-ses-uh-bil-uh-tee] /ækˌsɛs əˈbɪl ə ti/ nounac·ces·si·bly, adverbnon·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectivepre·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective

un·ac·ces·si·ble, adjectiveun·ac·ces·si·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accessible

accessible , assessable

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How to use accessible in a sentence

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She ultimately ditched JSwipe after about a week and found her current, non-Jewish, boyfriend on OkCupid.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Recently, historians have been working hard to write books that are more accessible.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.
The Case Against In-Your-Face Atheism|Steve Neumann|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
De moi, je ne say qu'en dire, d'autant que je ne veux affirmer ny le si ny le non en ce dont je n'ay vidence.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
It teaches you to take your time, or as the Germans call it, it gives you "Ruhe (repose)," the grand sine qua non!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for accessible

accessible

/ (əkˈsɛsəbəl) /

adjective

easy to approach, enter, use, or understand

accessible to likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to

obtainable; available

easy for disabled people to enter or use

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

Derived forms of accessible

accessibility, nounaccessibly, adverb

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