accessed
- 1Simple past and past participle of access.
The auditors accessed the financial records before the morning meeting.
He accessed the database to update the customer details.
Note
A regular form, so one spelling serves both the simple past (she accessed the files) and the participle after have or be (the files had been accessed). The verb packs the phrase gain access to into a single word, which is why it takes its object directly: you access a record, never access to it. Its most natural objects are data, files and records.
The files had been accessed without permission.
Customer records are accessed only by authorized staff.
accessed is a form of access
access, verb: To gain or obtain entry to, or use of, something. Full entry
- Spelling
- access → accessed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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