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accessible

[ ak-ses-uh-buhl, ik- ]

adjective

  1. easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
  2. able to be used, entered, reached, etc.:

    an accessible road; accessible Mayan ruins.

  3. 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.

  4. readily understandable:

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

  5. obtainable; attainable:

    accessible evidence.

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

    accessible to bribery.



accessible

/ əˈɛəə /

adjective

  1. easy to approach, enter, use, or understand
  2. accessible to
    likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to
  3. obtainable; available
  4. easy for disabled people to enter or use
  5. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·····ٲ [ak-ses-, uh, -, bil, -, uh, -tee, ik-], noun
  • ··· adverb
  • ԴDz···· adjective
  • ···· adjective
  • ܲ···· adjective
  • un···· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of accessible1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, Middle French, from Late Latin accessibilis; access, -ible
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Example Sentences

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She wasn’t so much superstitious as obedient, devoted to making the ineffable routine and mysticism accessible even to the uninitiated.

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sets the club apart is its focus on making car culture accessible to everyone.

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The gallery was described as "a vibrant cultural destination committed to making art accessible to all by connecting people with art, nature, and creativity".

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The Rothko painting was hanging in the museum's Depot – a publicly accessible storage facility beside the main museum – as part of an exhibition displaying a selection of "public favourites" from the gallery's collection.

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“Dead Outlaw” is more unyielding as a musical subject than “The Band’s Visit,” which is to say it’s less emotionally accessible.

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