accessed

[ ak-sest ]

adjective

1. reached, contacted, entered, or visited:

   Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.

   Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.

2. obtained or made use of:

   She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

3. Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another:

   Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of access.

Other Words From

• un·ac·cessed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accessed¹

First recorded in 1870–75; access ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; access ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

The darknet is a part of the internet that can be accessed only through special software.

From Los Angeles Times

Methadone, one of the most effective medications for opioid addiction, can only be accessed through special clinics due to federal regulations borne out of President Richard Nixon’s War on Drugs.

From Salon

This type of leaner LLM could be stored and accessed locally on a device like a phone or laptop and could provide performance nearly as accurate and nuanced as an uncompressed version.

From Science Daily

The changes come as platforms accessed and used by children in the UK prepare to meet new rules around illegal and harmful material on their platforms under the Online Safety Act.

From BBC

PC McHugh repeatedly accessed the police system to search for details including Ms Everard’s medical history, employment, character and lifestyle, the panel heard.

From BBC