Accessible
[ək'sesɪb(ə)l] or [ək'sɛsəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of being reached; 'a town accessible by rail' .
(adj.) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; 'an accessible and genial man' .
(adj.) easily obtained; 'most students now have computers accessible'; 'accessible money' .
(adj.) capable of being read with comprehension; 'readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader'; 'the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels' .
Edited by Colin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
(a.) Open to the influence of; -- with to.
(a.) Obtainable; to be got at.
Editor: Simon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Affable, approachable, easy, conversible
ANT:Distant, cold, difficult, unapproachable
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Examples
- It is accessible to Reason, sir,' returned the excellent young man. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Their numbers must be few, and it is five to one they may be accessible by a sudden and bold attack. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There is a Celebration in the streets, and no one will be accessible until dark. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Did you ever find out his accessible point, Caroline? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The more enterprising university students found, marked, and digested the Arabic Aristotle he had made accessible to them in Latin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The truss system has also been applied to the construction of vast modern bridges in places where timber is accessible and cheap. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My daughter Bella is accessible and shall speak for herself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is it accessible,' cried Mr. Gradgrind, 'to any compassionate influence? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Settlers in the newer portions of the country are often deprived of many comforts which are easily accessible in long-settled places. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- No land approach was accessible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Now, I am accessible to a woman's flattery--accessible against my reason. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And it is as accessible to one country as to another, and it is a standard which does not change. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the same time, my heart, always accessible to tender influences, dissolved in tears at the spectacle of suffering before me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was officially accessible to every blundering old woman who had incoherence to bestow upon him, and readily received the Boffins. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This hand-wheel was located in the cab, where it was easily accessible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The window being accessible from the footway, he looked in over the blind, returned the shuttlecock, and put his question. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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