approachable
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3.6
- adjective
- /əˈproʊtʃəbl/
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accesible
- The teacher explained the concept in an approachable way that made it easy for students to understand.
- more approachable
And we will continue to work to make medical studies approachable for everyone who's interested in them.
- And we will continue to work to make medical studies approachable for everyone who's interested in them.
- So I tried to just make it more compact and approachable.
- So we need to sort of find problems which are, which are not yet solved, but which are approachable.
- So we're gonna talk about tech deals and I try to keep the price down on everything so that it is easily approachable for you, the viewing public.
- So we decided to take the road, which we know best, start from something simple and develop something that is approachable.
- So it's very approachable and applicable for any modern human.
- Whereas something, something specific, concrete and approachable is a way better place to start.
- It communicates in a certain way OK, and so it is approachable.
- So, and this is, these are more approachable, let's say, than the Polegomena or the groundwork.
Examples
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The poetry of survivor Dan Pagis is quite approachable for young people.
Academic text (1996) -
Many of the encyclopedic entries are written in an approachable style and end with recommendations for further reading.
Academic text (2012) -
I think I really like just being able to break things down in an approachable way for people.
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Truly great films should be approachable enough to make an immediate impact, it seems to me.
Blog text (24) -
Make poetry approachable for young children.
Academic text (2015) -
And we will continue to work to make medical studies approachable for everyone who's interested in them.
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I consistently make your recipes, and they are always approachable and delicious!
Blog text (9) -
That's exactly why the Healthy Monday campaign focuses on walking, an approachable exercise that almost anyone can do, Grant said.
Blog text (8) -
Monday Mile, a new Healthy Monday program, seeks to make exercise approachable and enjoyable for the Syracuse community.
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For many South Africans, Kami has made the topic of AIDS/HIV more approachable and therefore easier to deal with.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
45
3.4
A text or idea easy to understand
16
5.5
Friendly and easy to talk to
Antonyms
How Accessible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Approachable comes from the verb approach, which means 'to come near', and the ending -able, which means 'can be'. So an approachable book or idea is one you can come near to mentally — it is easy to understand and not intimidating.