ac·ces·si·ble

[ak-ses-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
2.
that can be used, entered, reached, etc.: an accessible road; accessible ruins.
3.
obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.
4.
open to the influence of (usually followed by to ): accessible to bribery.

Origin:
1600–10; < Late Latin accessibilis. See access, -ible

ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, noun
ac·ces·si·bly, adverb
non·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
pre·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
un·ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, noun
un·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
un·ac·ces·si·b·ly, adverb

accessible, assessable.
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accessible (əkˈsɛsəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
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
 
accessi'bility
 
n
 
ac'cessibly
 
adv

accessible (əkˈsɛsəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
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
 
accessi'bility
 
n
 
ac'cessibly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

accessible
c.1600, "affording access," from Fr. accessible, from L. accessus, from pp. stem of accedere (see access). Meaning "easy to reach" is from 1640s; Of art or writing, "able to be readily understood," 1961 (a term not needed in the years before writing or art often deliberately was made not so).
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Example sentences
Nothing entails that existence requires accessibility.
In the highbrow art world, accessibility and affordability are often inversely
  proportional to merit.
The type of biopsy performed depends in part on the location and accessibility
  of the lymph node.
Accessibility is one of those umbrella terms that can cover a lot of ground.
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