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Accessible
//əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl// adj
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Adjective
- 1 Easy of access or approach.
"an accessible town or mountain"
- 2 Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities. specifically
"an accessible website"
- 3 Easy to get along with.
- 4 Open to the influence of. with-to
"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."
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- 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.
Adjective
- 1 capable of being reached wordnet
- 2 easy to get along with or talk to; friendly wordnet
- 3 easily obtained wordnet
- 4 capable of being read with comprehension wordnet
Etymology
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.
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