accessible

comparative more accessible · superlative most accessible

1. Easy of access or approach.First known use 1640s

   an accessible town or mountain

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   At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe.

   1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1

   Synonyms: approachable

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

   an accessible website

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   accessible public transport

   As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.

   2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53

3. Easy to get along with.

   Synonyms: easy-going, friendly, welcoming

4. with toOpen to the influence of.

   Minds accessible to reason.

   1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus

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.

   1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

6. artEasily understood or appreciated.First known use 1961

   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.

   2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN

7. Capable of being used or seen.