accessible
(adjective) capable of being reached; “a town accessible by rail”
accessible
(adjective) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; “an accessible and genial man”
accessible
(adjective) easily obtained; “most students now have computers accessible”; “accessible money”
accessible, approachable
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension; “readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader”; “the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)
Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]
Synonym: approachable
(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
(of a person) Easy to get along with.
Synonyms: easy-going, friendly, welcoming
(followed by to) Open to the influence of.
Obtainable; to be got at.
(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]
Capable of being used or seen.
• inaccessible
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cess"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.]
1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
2. Open to the influence of; -- with to. "Minds accessible to reason." Macaulay.
3. Obtainable; to be got at. The best information . . . at present accessible. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
