accessibleac‧ces‧si‧ble /əkˈsesəbəl/ ●○○ AWL adjective 
The island is only accessible by boat. There is a church which is easily accessible from my home.2easy to obtain or useaccessible to the need for a health service that is accessible to alleasily/readily accessible Computers should be made readily accessible to teachers and pupils.3someone who is accessible is easy to meet and talk to, even if they are very important or powerful SYN approachable: I think that you’ll find she’s very accessible.4a book, poem, painting etc that is accessible is easy to understand and enjoyaccessible to He wants his music to be accessible to everyone.—accessibly adverb—accessibility /əkˌsesəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All of the ski resorts are accessible from the hotel via free public transportation.
- Because of the snow, many parts of the countryside are only accessible by helicopter.
- Griffey's fans say that he is very accessible and down-to-earth.
- He was specifically asked to write a play that would be accessible to the local community.
- I don't find James Joyce's writing very accessible.
- Penn's artwork has gradually become more accessible.
- Philip Glass has produced something very rare -- an accessible modern opera.
- The banks of the River Holbeck are easily accessible to walkers and anglers.
- We chose to live in this area because both New York and Boston are easily accessible from here.
- Acid cleaners are accessible to and are used only by senior supervisors.
- But the largest camp, Zwi-Hamussit, is accessible only by air.
- In a fashion context, unapproachable or intimidating artwork becomes accessible, even whimsical.
- Near vision tasks need to be presented in a way that ensures that materials can be easily accessible to handle.
- Resorts and private residences remain accessible.
- The contents page of the journal will always be freely accessible.
- The new office will be twice as large and just as accessible as the old one, she said.
- The Office has stopped subsidising one-day energy surveys for industry and commerce and there is little accessible public information.
Longman Language Activatorto reach a place that you are travelling to
to arrive at a place, especially after a long or difficult journey: · We didn't reach the hotel until midnight.· Some letters are taking up to two weeks to reach their destination.· In winter, parts of Northern Canada can only be reached by plane.
especially spoken if you get to a place, you reach it: get to: · By the time we got to New York, it was snowing.get home/here/there: · What time did you get home last night?get as far as: · We only got as far as the end of the road, then the car broke down.
especially spoken to arrive at a place, especially when you were not sure that you would be able to get there: · The roads were so bad that I wasn't sure we would make it.· If we run, we should be able to make it before the bus leaves.make it to/across/home etc: · Even though he couldn't swim, he managed to make it to the riverbank.· Thousands of refugees made it across the border.
to succeed in reaching a place, especially by a particular time: · We'll be lucky if we make San Fernando by nightfall.· The team aimed to make the South Pole and back in a month.
to succeed in reaching a particular place, after much danger and difficulty: · Heavy rains have prevented food supplies from getting through.get through to: · Rescue teams finally got through to the survivors by digging a tunnel.
easily reached, especially by car, boat, plane etc: easily accessible: · We chose to live in this area because both New York and Boston are easily accessible from here.· The banks of the River Holbeck are easily accessible to walkers and anglers.accessible by boat/plane etc: · Because of the snow, many parts of the countryside are only accessible by helicopter.
easy to understand · The instructions are easy to follow.· On cards are five easy to follow recipes for you to cut out and keep.· We try to write it in language that is easy to understand.
instructions, explanations etc that are clear are explained in easy language or stages and are therefore easy to understand: · Most of the 'help' messages you get on computers aren't at all clear to ordinary home users.· Thanks for your directions to the apartment - they were really clear and we had no problems finding it.· Perhaps I didn't make myself clear - there won't be a penny of extra money for this project.
something that is comprehensible is easy to understand because it does not contain any complicated information and is expressed in very clear language: · Visual aids can make lessons much more interesting and comprehensible.· Each entry in the guide is brief and immediately comprehensible.comprehensible to: · The music was experimental, and not comprehensible to the average concert-goer.
something that is intelligible , such as a subject you study or a piece of writing or speech, is fairly easy to understand: · Her English was strongly accented but quite intelligible.intelligible to: · It is sometimes difficult to discuss medical issues in a way that is intelligible to ordinary people.
books, films, information etc that are accessible are written or made in a way that is easy to understand even though they may concern subjects that are complicated: · Philip Glass has produced something very rare -- an accessible modern opera.· I don't find James Joyce's writing very accessible.accessible to: · He was specifically asked to write a play that would be accessible to the local community.
a piece of writing or speech that is coherent is easy to understand because it is clear and well-planned, so that all the parts fit well together: · I was so confused that I could not give a coherent answer.· Rescuers found Campbell, who was conscious and coherent.· History could be defined as a coherent account of an event.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There is a church which is easily accessible from my home. Computers should be made readily accessible to teachers and pupils.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The castle is easily accessible by road. The information is readily accessible on the Internet.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
There is a church which is easily accessible from my home. Computers should be made readily accessible to teachers and pupils. The castle is easily accessible by road. The information is readily accessible on the Internet.· Beaumarchais/Livings is funnier, faster and subtler than, say, the average Whitehall farce and could be just as accessible.· The new office will be twice as large and just as accessible as the old one, she said.· Now, those in humans are as accessible as those in any other species.· Alegr a writes with a clarity, simplicity and beauty that is as accessible as it is profound.· For many, partnership remains cloaked in a monastic exclusivity, as accessible as the holy orders.
· The Shoctector has an easily accessible Test/Reset button to give you additional peace of mind each time you use it.· Stax in Memphis was initially white-owned, easily accessible to outsiders, filled with leaders of all kinds.· Never fear, it is a huge and easily accessible boot and has swallowed all a family of four needs.· To do this, we need an easily accessible source of volatile materials.· It is all fun and all the venues are easily accessible.· This complementary pair of colors is easily accessible in cyclamen, poinsettias and berrying plants.· Services organized across large District Health Authorities covering 200-300,000 people can not possibly provide a local, friendly, easily accessible service.· Wraps growing popularity makes them easily accessible.
· Above all, parking must be immediately accessible to functions and must not involve crossing roads or car parks.· Its implication that information, experience, and feelings presented in a pictorial form are readily and immediately accessible needs critical examination.
· At the moment there is no reason to suppose that this will lead to the Collection being either more or less accessible.· They are also much less accessible from Earth than the other families of asteroids.· But Soutine's painting was even less accessible than Modigliani's.· Geographical and transport remoteness make areas less accessible to friends, relatives, some tourists and businessmen.· Sign language is therefore less accessible than french, for example.· Visits to Parliament and an open prison have given them insights into less accessible subjects.· Why should people deny the co-operative principle by being deviant, making their meanings less accessible, their transactions therefore less effective?· Other less accessible sources are given by Verkade.
· He is more accessible than most tycoons and is frequently seen dining in the works canteen at Wapping.· No doubt an airport would make Ashland more accessible, but locals like it the way it is.· And the C-based virtual object command language has been enlarged to over 500 commands, making the system more accessible to non-programmers.· Food be-came more accessible and convenient to all but the poorest families.· The ground became more accessible after June 1922 when Huddersfield Corporation started running buses direct to the south-west end.· As a general rule, the more diluted the solution, the more accessible the minerals.· ESRC-funding will enable this important literature to be made much more accessible to western social scientists.· Cibo Matto, by contrast, takes a quieter and more accessible approach to its music.
· Discussion of the best or most accessible vein is strikingly similar to embalmers' discussions about arterial accessibility.· Getting to even the most accessible monasteries requires a fair amount of walking and stair-climbing.· Even so, its vibrant rhythms and gorgeous costumes make it Mr Chen's most accessible film so far.· The Romans did not quarry the most accessible stones.· It is no surprise that the gladiatorial sport of boxing was the most accessible route.· The most accessible data which might serve as a yardstick is that on applicants' type of educational establishment.· And make them your most accessible.
· Suddenly, a whole new planet was accessible; and not only accessible but available, unoccupied, deserted.· Located south of Bahia de los Angeles, La Unica is only accessible by boat.· However, Type Module is only accessible from the host node of a networked configuration.· For the majority of the public the health service is only accessible for the purpose of treatment.
· When this is not publicly accessible, it's called an Intranet.· There are now an estimated 30, 000 publicly accessible bulletin board systems operating nationwide.· What principles do is to make private experience publicly accessible, open to discussion and capable of wider relevance.· The information should be in a publicly accessible and easily understood form.· Will we object in 75 years if our ancestor's medical records become publicly accessible?
· These books need to be readily accessible to pupils, both in the classroom and in the school library.· They became permanent and readily accessible reference material in the painters' studios.· Easy-to-learn performance and production techniques, together with readily accessible models in recorded form, change the way music is made.· One of the more readily accessible sites, Las Fuentes workshop was located in an area of commercial maquila concentration.· Respondents requested this information, and pointed out that it is not always readily accessible.· When the sound timber is clean and readily accessible it can be treated with insecticide.· Today the collection is one of the best in the country, and more readily accessible than that at Lord's.· Plainly, this process is facilitated if the working areas are readily accessible, well lit and well ventilated.
NOUN· Organic surface horizons are often thicker than 50 centimetres, and peat-cutting is practised in easily accessible areas around lochs and roads.· Moreover, tensions exist between the rural population and the town-dwellers who buy second homes in the more accessible areas of countryside.· They are ideal for reaching into restricted or less accessible areas such as the corners of rooms, equipment pockets and channels.
WORD FAMILYnounaccessaccessibility ≠ inaccessibilityadjectiveaccessible ≠ inaccessibleverbaccessadverbaccessibly ≠ inaccessibly
1a place, building, or object that is accessible is easy to reach or get into OPP inaccessible: The island is only accessible by boat. There is a church which is easily accessible from my home.2easy to obtain or useaccessible to the need for a health service that is accessible to alleasily/readily accessible Computers should be made readily accessible to teachers and pupils.3someone who is accessible is easy to meet and talk to, even if they are very important or powerful SYN approachable: I think that you’ll find she’s very accessible.4a book, poem, painting etc that is accessible is easy to understand and enjoyaccessible to He wants his music to be accessible to everyone.—accessibly adverb—accessibility /əkˌsesəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]