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accessible

adj
/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/

Etymology

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.

  1. derived from accessibilis

Definitions

  1. Easy of access or approach.

    • 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.

  2. Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

    • an accessible website
    • accessible public transport

  3. Easy to get along with.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Open to the influence of.

      • Minds accessible to reason.

    2. Obtainable

      Obtainable; to be got at.

      • The materials, however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing.

    3. Easily understood or appreciated.

    4. Capable of being used or seen.

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Derived

accessibility, accessibleness, accessible tourism, accessibly, bioaccessible, handicapped-accessible, immunoaccessible, nonaccessible, unaccessible, wheelchair accessible

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at accessible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01accessible02easy03effort04performing05perform06function07occasion08convenient

A definitional loop anchored at accessible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at accessible

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA