Accessible Meaning
/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjEasy of access or approach.
adjBuilt or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
Sentence Examples
New York is accessible by train from Washington.
The town is accessible by rail.
The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum is fully ____ to visitors with physical disabilities via elevators.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The remote village is only ____ by boat during the rainy season.
Word Origin & History
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"Minds accessible to reason."
— 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum is fully ____ to visitors with physical disabilities via elevators.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The remote village is only ____ by boat during the rainy season.