accessibility

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ UK /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #74345

Meanings

1

noun
How easy it is to reach, enter, or use something.

The new ramp greatly improved accessibility to the station.
2

noun
The design of products or services so that people with disabilities can use them.

The company tests its website's accessibility for users who are blind.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · how easy it is to reach,... approachability availability handiness

2 noun · the design of products or... a11y

Word family

Forms accessibilities

Derived forms bioaccessibilityimmunoaccessibilityunaccessibility

Etymology

From accessible + -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis.

accessibilitas la-lat accessibilis Latin

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# accessibility

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /əkˌsɛs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 74345

## Meanings
1. How easy it is to reach, enter, or use something.
2. The design of products or services so that people with disabilities can use them.

## Examples
- The new ramp greatly improved accessibility to the station.
- The company tests its website's accessibility for users who are blind.

## Derived Forms
- bioaccessibility
- immunoaccessibility
- unaccessibility

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accessibilitas
- Root: accessibilis

## Etymology
From accessible + -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis.

## AI Etymology
Accessibility is from accessible plus -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis. The abstract suffix turns accessible into a noun for a quality, condition, or measurable property, which keeps the modern meanings close to the adjective behind it. In use as a noun, accessibility denotes how easy it is to reach, enter, or use something and the design of products or services so that people with disabilities can use them. The same word family continues in derived forms such as bioaccessibility, immunoaccessibility, and unaccessibility.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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