ACCESSIBLE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of accessible in English accessibleadjective uk /əkˈses.ə.bəl/ us /əkˈses.ə.bəl/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 able to be reached or easily obtained : accessible by The resort is easily accessible by road, rail, and air.accessible to The building has fast internet accessible to subscribers. The problem with some of these drugs is that they are so very accessible. (of a building, etc.) able to be entered and used by everyone, including people who use a wheelchair, people who are blind, etc.: They agreed to build more affordable and accessible housing. All the toilets are fully accessible. (of technology, etc.) able to be used by everyone, including people who have a disability: These tools will aid us all in making the web more accessible for the visually impaired. People with disabilities depend on accessible apps and services to communicate, learn, and work. C2 easy to understand or enjoy: Lea Anderson is a choreographer who believes in making dance accessible.accessible to Covent Garden has made some attempt to make opera accessible to a wider public.

• The penthouse level is accessible only by private lift.
• Many smaller villages are only accessible by bus.
• The library has a large collection of rare books accessible to scholars.
• I got an error message saying that the database was not currently accessible.
• All parts of the museum are accessible to wheelchairs.
• If your restaurant is not accessible, you will lose not only disabled customers but their friends and family too.
• The book has succeeded in making philosophy accessible to a wider audience.
• The annotation of literary texts makes them more accessible.

Available and accessible

• accessibility
• accessibly
• all day
• appear
• at your command idiom
• availability
• drop
• have something to play with idiom
• here
• in the public domain
• non-restricted
• nothing
• obtainable
• season
• stream
• unearmarked
• unfilled
• unfreeze
• unfrozen
• unlock

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-accessible -accessiblesuffix uk /-ək.ses.ə.bəl/ us /-ək.ses.ə.bəl/ used at the end of words to mean that something can be reached or obtained in a particular way or by a particular group of people: handicapped-accessible The facility is handicapped-accesible, with a ramp leading to the entrance. wheelchair-accessible The stadium currently has 90 wheelchair-accessible seats. Computer-accessible medical records avoid paper waste and save time. The device has two front-accessible USB ports.

• The charity raised money to buy a new wheelchair-accessible van.
• The new web-accessible system will enable direct comparisons of school finances and student performance.
• The site will have lorry-accessible biodiesel pumps.
• These registers are not user-accessible.

Available and accessible

• accessibility
• accessibly
• all day
• appear
• at your command idiom
• availability
• drop
• have something to play with idiom
• here
• in the public domain
• non-restricted
• nothing
• obtainable
• season
• stream
• unearmarked
• unfilled
• unfreeze
• unfrozen
• unlock

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accessible | American Dictionary

accessibleadjective us /ɪkˈses·ə·bəl, æk-/ Add to word list Add to word list possible to approach, enter, or use: The island is accessible only by ferry. Public areas and buildings are now more accessible to people with disabilities. By using more illustrations, he made the magazine more accessible to the public (= easier to understand). (Definition of accessible from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

accessible | Business English

accessibleadjective uk /əkˈsesəbl/ us Add to word list Add to word list able to be easily got or used: be accessible to sb The website is accessible to all users. able to be reached or entered: The studios are fully accessible to people with disabilities. Our building is wheelchair accessible. to be accessible by car/road/public transport easy to understand: The material is accessible and does not require specialist knowledge. if a person is accessible, they are willing to see people and are friendly and easy to talk to: You will find all our staff friendly and accessible.

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Examples of accessible

accessible The instrument should be readily accessible to trained string players, but is designed to fill a particular role in computer or amplified music. From the Cambridge English Corpus This understanding is less accessible to ordinary patients, because it is obfuscated by the difficulty of medical science. From the Cambridge English Corpus Indeed, we assume that the phonetic processes of the type described are generally not accessible to overt manipulation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Vision is a mode of de-distancing that brings things that are not at hand nearer from their remoteness, and renders beings accessible even from afar. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, this is a very good and accessible introduction which students and those crossing over into performance studies will find extremely useful. From the Cambridge English Corpus In general, social engagement tends to enhance social understanding, and such engagement is more accessible to securely attached children. From the Cambridge English Corpus A numerical procedure for finding accessible trajectories on basin boundaries. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, it is unclear what the empirical significance0import is of the mathematical analysis of the data regarding the accessible information in the light. From the Cambridge English Corpus An oral tradition can and will adapt from one generation to the next, repeating its content in a form more readily accessible to the hearers. From the Cambridge English Corpus More marginally, definite nominal gerunds can also be used to specify a (typically undesirable) result, which is then presented as an accessible fact. From the Cambridge English Corpus In such uses, definite nominal gerunds draw on accessible knowledge on the part of the speaker for the identification of the event they refer to. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is extremely helpful to have these debates in an accessible modern edition. From the Cambridge English Corpus Approached by both elite and non-elite members of society, muft-s were quite accessible scholars. From the Cambridge English Corpus It presents the results of scholarly work in an accessible form, while at the same time responding to current events. From the Cambridge English Corpus Second, the presentation here, although more accessible, will be marginally less elegant than it might otherwise have been. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of accessible These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of accessible, -accessible?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 可進入的，可接近的, 可得到的, 可以理解的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 可进入的，可接近的, 可得到的, 可以理解的… See more in Spanish accesible, acondicionado, acondicionado para …… See more in Portuguese acessível… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish पोचता येणे, सहजतेने उपलब्ध… See more kolay ulaşılabilir, elde edilebilir, kolay anlaşılabilir… See more accessible… See more toegankelijk… See more அடைய முடியும் அல்லது எளிதில் பெற முடியும், புரிந்து கொள்ள எளிதானது… See more अभिगम्य, जहाँ आसानी से पहुँचा जा सके, सुलभ… See more અભિગમ્ય, પહોંચી અથવા સરળતાથી સુલભ, સુલભ… See more tilgængelig, lettilgængelig… See more tillgänglig, åtkomlig, lättillgängliga… See more mudah didatangi, mudah difahami… See more zugänglich, leicht zu lesen… See more tilgjengelig… See more قابلِ حصول, قابلِ رسائی (جہاں آسانی سے پہنچا جائے), سہل الحصول (آسانی سے سمجھ میں آنے والا)… See more доступний, досяжний, зрозумілий… See more సులభంగా చేరగలిగింది లేక దొరికేది, సులభంగా అర్థమయ్యేలా… See more নাগালের মধ্যে, পৌঁছোতে সক্ষম বা সহজে পাওয়া যায়, সহজবোধ্য… See more dostupný, dosažitelný, srozumitelný… See more mudah dihubungi, mudah dipahami… See more ที่สามารถเข้าได้, เข้าใจง่าย… See more có thể tới được, gần gũi… See more dostępny, osiągalny, przystępny… See more Need a translator?

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