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get-at-able

get-at-able

8.2
Easy to reach or use
  • adjective
translation icon : accesible
  • The files should be get-at-able for all employees in the department.

Examples

  • The cupboard is high up and not easily get-at-able for children.

  • He keeps his tools in a get-at-able place in the workshop.

  • The information is get-at-able online.

  • Is this document get-at-able for everyone?

  • The tools are stored in a get-at-able location, making them easy to use.

  • For safety reasons, all items in the lab must be get-at-able by the staff.

  • They designed the website to be get-at-able to users with disabilities.

Synonyms

accessible
vsget-at-able
280 3.9

A place, thing, or service that you can reach and use easily

focuses on being able to be reached rather than on availability to buy
reachable
vsget-at-able
9 2.8

Easy to get to by road or path

also covers being gained or used beyond physical approach
obtainable
vsget-at-able
6 3.7

Possible to get or buy

stresses being entered or accessed more than the act of buying
gettable
vsget-at-able
2 2.7

Something you can buy or find

emphasizes attainability by access rather than purchase
come-at-able
vsget-at-able
  • Archaic
9.8

Easy to reach, use or understand

is about being approached or entered rather than mainly acquired
getable
vsget-at-able
  • US
4.3

Can be bought or found

is more about being reached or accessed rather than purchased

Antonyms

inaccessible
28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

unreachable
15 4.9

Too difficult to get to because of where or how it is

How Accessible

attainable
17 3.9
accessible
280 3.9
get-at-able
8.2
reachable
9 2.8
unreachable
15 4.9

Surface Forms

get-at-able positive

Morphology

get-at-able = get (transparent) = at + get + able

The adjective is formed by adding -able to the phrasal verb 'get at' meaning 'to access'; learners who know the phrasal verb can infer 'able to be accessed'. [Postprocessing: moved 'at' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word get-at-able comes from the simple verb get at meaning 'reach' and the ending -able meaning 'able to be', like in readable or available. So something get-at-able is easy to reach or access.