accessibility.

The ease or possibility of reaching, obtaining, understanding or using something.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• accessibility of a service
• accessibility requirements

On the page

The service’s accessibility improved when an alternative to the visual interface was added.

Physical accessibility did not ensure that the information was understandable.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.