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

/ əkˈsɛsəbəl /

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

Derived Forms

• acˌcessiˈbility, noun
• acˈcessibly, adverb

Other Words From

• ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty [ak-ses-, uh, -, bil, -, uh, -tee, ik-], noun
• ac·ces·si·bly adverb
• non·ac·ces·si·ble adjective
• pre·ac·ces·si·ble adjective
• un·ac·ces·si·ble adjective
• un·ac·ces·si·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of accessible¹

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

Example Sentences

This approach could soon make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible worldwide.

From Science Daily

Even though HIV can be managed effectively throughout the world with antiretroviral therapy, or ART, the disease still doesn't have an accessible cure.

From Science Daily

Depending on chemical markers placed on these histones, the chromatin can be wound tightly -- preventing transcription factors from binding -- or loosely, making it accessible for generating mRNA copies.

From Science Daily

Then there’s the added challenge of making a film that is both faithful to the cherished stage production and accessible to audiences who are entirely unfamiliar with the show.

From Salon

The film’s access coordinator Chantelle Nassari also equipped Bode with a fully accessible trailer, double-checked the day’s pathways and ensured the actor had what she needed to be able to perform.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• available
• handy
• reachable
• usable