If a place or building is accessibleto people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach.
The Centre is easily accessible to the general public. [+ to]
The premises are wheelchair accessible.
I kept my phone readily accessible in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.
accessibility (æksesɪbɪlɪti)uncountable noun
...the easy accessibility of the area. [+ of]
Synonyms: openness, susceptibility, exposedness More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: friendliness, informality, cordiality, affability More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: approachability, availability, readiness, nearness More Synonyms of accessible
2. adjective
If something is accessibleto people, they can easily use it or obtain it.
The legal aid system should be accessible to more people. [+ to]
This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
Synonyms: available, possible, ready, convenient More Synonyms of accessible
accessibilityuncountable noun
...the quality and accessibility of health care. [+ of]
Synonyms: openness, susceptibility, exposedness More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: friendliness, informality, cordiality, affability More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: approachability, availability, readiness, nearness More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: availability, possibility, attainability, obtainability More Synonyms of accessible
3. adjective
If you describe a book, painting, or other work of art as accessible, you think it is good because it is simple enough for people to understand and appreciate easily.
[approval]
...literary books that are accessible to a general audience. [+ to]
...their reputation for providing exciting and accessible theatre for young people.
Synonyms: understandable, plain, conceivable, user-friendly More Synonyms of accessible
accessibilityuncountable noun
Seminar topics are chosen for their accessibility to a general audience. [+ to]
Synonyms: openness, susceptibility, exposedness More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: friendliness, informality, cordiality, affability More Synonyms of accessible
Synonyms: approachability, availability, readiness, nearness More Synonyms of accessible
More Synonyms of accessible
accessible in British English
(əkˈsɛsəbəl)
adjective
1.
easy to approach, enter, use, or understand
2. accessible 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
Derived forms
accessibility (acˌcessiˈbility)
noun
accessibly (acˈcessibly)
adverb
accessible in American English
(ækˈsɛsəbəl; əkˈsɛsəbəl)
adjective
1.
that can be approached or entered
2.
easy to approach or enter
3.
that can be got; obtainable
4.
open to the influence of
with to
accessible to pity
5.
easily understood or generally appreciated
an accessible poet
Derived forms
accessibility (acˈcessiˈbility)
noun
accessibly (acˈcessibly)
adverb
Word origin
Fr < LL(Ec) accessibilis < L accessus, access
Examples of 'accessible' in a sentence
accessible
The filter is accessible and easy to clean.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The best thing about the recipes are that they are very accessible and easy to make.
The Sun (2016)
There are lots of easily accessible beaches nearby.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Most importantly they are easily accessible and backed by the Treasury.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's also easily accessible from a hospital bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you love sport, it can be easy to take for granted how readily accessible it is.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These are not easily accessible to UK investors.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There will be first aid and sewing kits, and the passports and tickets will be intelligently zipped into an obvious and easily accessible pocket.
The Sun (2016)
In the centre of Lanzarote, it is easily accessible if you hire a car or take an organised tour.
The Sun (2016)
We must tackle the problem of easily accessible cheap alcohol.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And all of this art is wonderfully accessible.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You have to be within an accessible area and the land is not available.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Using animals to tell a story can also make a deeply difficult subject accessible to young people.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In a modern democracy people should be able to vote in the most accessible way possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They write accessible books about philosophy and sociology and these kept me sane while going through withdrawal.
The Sun (2009)
But what does it do to make our world more accessible and to promote employment?
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
They have become easily accessible items that young people want to be seen with.
The Sun (2007)
This would make the area more accessible and free local villages from choking traffic.
The Sun (2013)
Her wider reputation results from three scholarly but highly accessible books over the past decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But we live in a more accessible world now and all this is all changing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Nor was a wide range of music readily accessible.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Is there anywhere suitable that is easily accessible by train and not extremely expensive?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The venue needs to be fairly big and close to transport links in an easily accessible area.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One of our commitments is that we should be helping to make art more accessible and less elitist.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's easy and accessible and cheap.
The Sun (2016)
Tennis needs to be brought into schools more and it has to be more accessible to people so that they play without stress.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The curriculum aims should be more prominent so that they underpin all that goes on in schools and are as accessible as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Drawing on the experience of others makes art more accessible and has given some members the confidence to purchase for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Being a football manager: it is the most accessible possible fantasy for the ageing male.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I want it to be accessible for other people to check it out.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The two-storey, detached stone building is accessible by foot or quad bike via a tunnel.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was direct, accessible and easy to understand, but no less moving or profound for that.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
February 2005 The opening of the gallery was put on hold while the landlord carried out essential renovations and made the building accessible for the disabled.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
accessible
British English: accessible /əkˈsɛsəbl/ ADJECTIVE
If a place is accessible, you are able to reach it or get into it.
Put it in a low cupboard that's easily accessible.