Accessible

//əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Easy of access or approach.

    "an accessible town or mountain"

  2. 2
    Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities. specifically

    "an accessible website"

  3. 3
    Easy to get along with.
  4. 4
    Open to the influence of. with-to

    "Minds accessible to reason."

  5. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 7
    Capable of being used or seen.
Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being reached wordnet
  2. 2
    easy to get along with or talk to; friendly wordnet
  3. 3
    easily obtained wordnet
  4. 4
    capable of being read with comprehension wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
approachableavailablereachableaccommodatingadaptableaffable

Example

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"New York is accessible by train from Washington."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

accessible tourismhandicapped-accessiblewheelchair accessibleget along

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