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a11y

a11y is the abbreviation of accessibility.

Meaning of accessibility

Noun

accessibility (usually uncountable, plural accessibilities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
    • He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable.2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57
    Antonyms:
    inaccessibility
  2. (usually) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
    • The purpose of this study is to measure West Virginia University's website accessibility for students and users who are blind or visually impaired and compare that measurement to the measurement of other websites of […]2007, Accessibility of WVU Websites for Individuals with Vision Impairments, ProQuest, →ISBN, page 4
    Synonyms:
    a11y

Forms of a11y

alternative formA11Y
alternative formA11y

Origin of a11y

Numeronym presenting accessibility as "a" followed by 11 more letters, followed by "y".

Questions about a11y

What is a11y the abbreviation of?
A11y is the abbreviation of accessibility.

Words near a11y in the dictionary

  1. A/UX
  2. A/V
  3. a1
  4. A1/C
  5. A1/Cs
  6. a11y
  7. A1A-A1A
  8. A1A-A1As
  9. A1C
  10. A1Cs
  11. A1s

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a11y (page history and authors); accessibility (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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