accessible
/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.18 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
adj
Easy to get along with.
adj
Obtainable; to be got at.
adj
Example Sentences
- "an accessible town or mountain"
- "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."
- "an accessible website"
- "accessible public transport"
- "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."
- "Minds accessible to reason."
Etymology
First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/
- British English: /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/
Inflected Forms
more accessible (comparative)
most accessible (superlative)