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accessible

  • /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ US, UK

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First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.

adjective more accessible · most accessible

  1. Easy of access or approach. an accessible town or mountain
  2. specifically Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities. an accessible website
  3. Easy to get along with.
  4. with to Open to the influence of. Minds accessible to reason.
  5. Obtainable; to be got at. The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing.
  6. Easily understood or appreciated. But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.
  7. Capable of being used or seen.

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