accessible

Etymology

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”)

adj

  1. Easy of access or approach.
    an accessible town or mountain
  2. (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
    an accessible website
    accessible public transport
  3. (of a person) Easy to get along with.
  4. (followed by to) Open to the influence of.
    Minds accessible to reason. 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus
  5. Obtainable; to be got at.
  6. (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
    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
  7. Capable of being used or seen.

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