Definitions for accession

Definitions for (noun) accession

Main entry: rise to power, accession

Definition: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

Usage: Elizabeth's accession in 1558


Main entry: admission, admittance, access, accession, entree

Definition: the right to enter


Main entry: accession, assenting

Definition: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

Usage: accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent; assenting to the Congressional determination


Main entry: accession, addition

Definition: something added to what you already have

Usage: the librarian shelved the new accessions; he was a new addition to the staff


Main entry: accession

Definition: (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement


Main entry: accession

Definition: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

Usage: the art collection grew through accession


Definitions for (verb) accession

Main entry: accession

Definition: make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library


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