accessible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Easy to reach, enter, or get to.

   The village is easily accessible by train.

2. 2
   adj

   Easy to obtain or get hold of.

   Most students now have a computer easily accessible at home.

3. 3
   adj

   Easy to understand or enjoy.

   She has a gift for making difficult science accessible to ordinary readers.

4. 4
   adj

   Designed so that people with disabilities can use it.

   They rebuilt the entrance to make the museum accessible to wheelchair users.

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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