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accessible

/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/

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What does accessible mean?

adjective

  1. Easy of access or approach.
  2. Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
  3. Easy to get along with.
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. Open to the influence of.
  2. Obtainable; to be got at.
  3. Easily understood or appreciated.
  4. Capable of being used or seen.

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IPA pronunciation

/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/

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This canyon headed on the Ottenburg ranch, about a mile from the ranch house, and it was accessible only at its head.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
All these hatches had to be left accessible, otherwise we should have been cut off from pumping the oil into the engine-room.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
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So long as the hand has not left the piece to be moved, the latter can be placed on any accessible square.
Edward LaskerChess StrategyTranslated by J. (Jules) Du MontProject Gutenberg ebook #5614
It appears also, that birds of the same species dwell in neighbouring caverns, which are too narrow to be accessible to man.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
The Dictator was accessible to every one at his house at Palermo, and the marvel is that he managed to escape assassination.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368