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Definitions: Accessible |
AccessibleAdjective1. Capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail". 2. Capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels". 3. Easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money". 4. Easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accessible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Accessible \Ac*cess"i*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression accessibilis, from accedere: compare to the French expression accessible. See Accede.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AccessibleSynonym: approachable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inaccessible (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Adjective: easy, facile; feasible; (practicable); easily managed, easily accomplished; within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to. |
Possibility | Practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent; (doubtful), (effect). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Accessible Arctic (1967) | |
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 | Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243km) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds. Numerous ice floes around the island attract walrus and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for native Inuit people.Credit: NASA. |  | Wheel chair accessible trail at Valley of Fires Recreation Area, near Carrizozo, NM in Roswell Field Office, NM.Credit: Mike Williams. |
 | Programs at Yaquina Head Outstanding National Area accessible tidepools.Credit: Tom Iracci. |  | Accessible tidepools at Quarry Cove at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area.Credit: BLM. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
United Nations | 1948 | Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The contact names are also accessible to non-professionals. (references) | |
Some young people may use inhalants as a cheap, accessible substitute for alcohol. (references) | ||
Specific food items consistent with the recommended diet should be available, accessible, and affordable. (references) | ||
Business | France is a highly accessible market to imports. (references) | |
They are accessible mostly through direct contacts. (references) | ||
The market is extremely accessible and competitive. (references) | ||
Children | Belgium | However, many older buildings are not accessible. (references) |
Guatemala | The majority of the universities are not handicapped accessible. (references) | |
Greece | A 1997 survey showed that over 60 percent of public buildings were not accessible. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Indonesia | Foreign television and radio broadcasts are readily accessible. (references) |
Armenia | Because there are a limited number of newspapers in print, television is the most widely accessible medium. (references) | |
Oman | However, the availability of satellite dishes has made foreign broadcast information accessible to the public. (references) | |
Economic History | Philippines | Its hinterland is mainly accessible by boat. (references) |
Costa Rica | Most parts of the country are accessible by road. (references) | |
Malaysia | The domestic legal system is open and accessible. (references) | |
Political Economy | GHANA | The foreign exchange value of the Ghanaian cedi is established independently through the use of the Interbank Market and Foreign Exchange bureaus, and currency conversion is easily accessible. (references) |
Trade | Canada | The financial markets in Canada are stable, mature, and accessible to everyone. (references) |
Kenya | Domestic collateral either in real property or in cash and securities that is easily accessible to banks is preferred. (references) | |
Travel | Armenia | Reliable international communication is very expensive and often not accessible to many Armenians. (references) |
Croatia | In Zagreb, there is a comprehensive tram/bus transport system which make all parts of the city accessible. (references) | |
Australia | Currency can be exchanged easily at international airports and most major banks, and ATM machines are readily accessible. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | Many school-aged children work instead of attending school, particularly in areas in which schools are not easily accessible. (references) |
Belize | Enforcement is not universal, and the ministries commit their limited inspection and investigative resources principally to urban and more accessible rural areas where labor, health, and safety complaints have been registered. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Accessible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Accessible" is used about 1,640 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.7% | 1,635 | 5,088 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.3% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,640 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "accessible": accessible evidence ♦ accessible hermetic compressor unit ♦ accessible to ♦ accessible to bribery ♦ accessible to pity ♦ accessible to reason ♦ accessible to the public ♦ simultaneously accessible parts ♦ wheelchair accessible. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "accessible": program-accessible, solvent-accessible, user-accessible, wheelchair-accessible. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accessible | 31 |
accessible housing | 27 |
accessible van | 21 |
handicap accessible | 20 |
accessible house plan | 17 |
accessible floor plan | 15 |
wheel chair accessible | 14 |
accessible chair vehicle wheel | 11 |
handicapped accessible | 9 |
accessible bathroom | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accessible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | toeganklik. (various references) | |
Albanian | i lejuar (allowed, free, licensed, permitted), i arritshëm (achievable, approachable, attainable, available, easy, easy of access, obtainable). (various references) | |
Arabic | ممكن الوصول إليه, منفتح (extrovert, openable), قابل (accepting, agreeing, come upon, confront, consenting, encounter, face, meet, run across, subtend), سهل المنال (attainable), سهل الحصول عليه. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | достъпен (available, come-at-able, comprehensible, patent, straightaway), достижим (achievable, acquirable). (various references) | |
Chinese | "接近 , 容"接近 (Accessibly). (various references) | |
Czech | přístupný (admissible, amenable, approachable, come-at-able, comprehensible, get-at-table, open, pervious), dostupný (approachable, available, obtainable, reasonable). (various references) | |
Danish | tilgængelig, til at gaa paa. (various references) | |
Dutch | genaakbaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | atingebla, alirebla, impresebla (impressible, sensitive). (various references) | |
Faeroese | atkomandi, komandi at. (various references) | |
Farsi | نزدیک(شدنی), قابل وصول (Receivable), خوش برخورد (Affable), اماده ء پذیرایی , دست یافتنی , دردسترس (Attainable, Available). (various references) | |
Finnish | luoksepäästävä (approachable, easy of access). (various references) | |
French | accessible. (various references) | |
German | zugänglich (accessable, accessibly, amenable, approachable, available, open, pervious). (various references) | |
Greek | προσιτόσ (approachable, obtainable), προσπελάσιμοσ, δεκτικόσ (receptive, recipient). (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'יש (approachable). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megközelíthető (amenable, approachable), hozzáférhető (approachable, come-at-table, ready), elérhető (attainable, available, come-at-table, obtainable, to be up for grabs). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dapat menerima, dapat didatangi, dapat dicapai (reachable). (various references) | |
Italian | accessibile (approachable, attainable, reasonable). (various references) | |
Korean | 근 가능한. (various references) | |
Papiamen | alkansabel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accessibleay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acessível (approachable, available, easy, forthcoming, get-at-able, handy, pervious), sensível (delicate, feeling, finicky, huffish, huffy, impressible, kid glove, novelettish, peseta, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sensory, sensuous, sentient, sentimental, sore, susceptible, tender, thinskinned, ticklish), alcançável (achievable, attainable, obtainment, procurable, reachable). (various references) | |
Romanian | accesibil (affable, approachable, attainable, available, come-at-able, easy of access, get-at-able, moderate, obtainable, open, patent, pervious, reachable), abordabil (accostable, affable, approachable), influenţat. (various references) | |
Russian | доступный (accessed, affordable, approachable, aproachable, come-at-able, disposable, easy of access, getatable, get-at-able, obtainable, open, patent, procurable, ready to order). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pristupačan (approachable, available, come-at-able, getatable, pervious), dostupan (achievable, affordable, attainable, available, come-at-able). (various references) | |
Spanish | accesible (accessable, accessibly, approachable, attainable, handy, patent, reachable), alcanzable (attainable, procurable, reachable). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillgänglig (amenable, approachable, available, disposable, forthcoming, open, penetrable, pervious, reachable), åtkomlig (approachable, attainable, come-at-able, get-at-able, reachable). (various references) | |
Turkish | ulaşılabilir (approachable, attainable, come-at-able, pervious, reachable), kandırılabilir, girilebilir (penetrable), etkilenebilir (suggestible), elde edilebilir (attainable, derivable, obtainable), bulunur (procurable). (various references) | |
Ukranian | зручний (accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, cosy, couth, easeful, easy, likely, practical), піддатливий (amenable, applicant, compliant, flexible, malleable, plastic, pliant, ready, sequacious, squeezable, supple, waxen, waxy), податливий (ductile), досяжний (achievable, approachable, attainable, available, obtainable), доступний (approachable, available, negotiable, obnoxious, obtainable, open, pervious, procurable). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có thể tới được. (various references) | |
Welsh | hygyrch, hawdd nesu at. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adposita, adpositae, adpositaque, adpositi, adpositis, adpositus, adpositusque, expositus, inaccessibilem, obvius, patens, patentes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accessible": accessibleness, accessiblenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "accessible": inaccessible. (additional references) | |
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"Accessible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accesable, accesible, accessable, accessble, accessibe, accessibile, acesible, acsessable, acsessible, excessible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accessible" (pronounced akse"subul) |
| 8 | -k s e" s u b u l | inaccessible. |
| 6 | -e" s u b u l | addressable, incompressible, irrepressible. |
| 5 | -s u b u l | admissible, collapsible, compensable, comprehensible, crucible, defensible, dispensable, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, fixable, flexible, forcible, immiscible, impassable, impermissible, impossible, inadmissible, incomprehensible, indefensible, indispensable, inexplicable, inflexible, invincible, irascible, irreplaceable, irresponsible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, nontaxable, noticeable, ostensible, passable, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reprehensible, responsible, reversible, sensible, serviceable, submersible, taxable, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-i-l-s-s" | |
-2 letters: ecclesia, seisable. | |
-3 letters: abscise, abseils, bailees, calices, celiacs, classic, iceless, scabies, sebacic, sebasic. | |
-4 letters: abeles, abseil, access, aisles, bailee, basics, basils, belies, biases, cables, calces, caseic, ceases, ceibas, celebs, celiac, cicale, easels, easies, ecesis, lassie, leases, sables, saices, scales, slices. | |
-5 letters: abele, ables, aisle, alecs, bails, bales, bases, basic, basil, basis, bassi, belie, bices, biles, bises, blase, bless, bliss, cable, cases, cease, cecal, ceiba, ceils, celeb, class, easel, eases, ileac, isbas, isles, laces, laics, lases, lease, sabes, sable, saice, sails, sales, salic, scabs, scale, seals, seels, seise, sials, sices, sisal, slabs, slice. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-i-l-s-s" | |
+2 letters: inaccessible. | |
+4 letters: accessibleness. | |
+5 letters: accessibilities, conceivableness, practicableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 65 73 73 69 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. . ... ... .. -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c e s s i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 0065 0073 0073 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35696971858575687871 |
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