Accession in English dictionary

  • accession

    Meanings and definitions of "Accession"

    • A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
    • Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
    • (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
    • (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
    • The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
    • (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
    • (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
    • noun
      A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
    • noun
      Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
    • noun
      (law)
      A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
    • noun
      (law)
      The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
    • noun
      The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
    • noun
      (medicine)
      The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
    • noun
      Agreement.
    • noun
      Access; admittance.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make a record of (additions to a collection).
    • a coming to
    • (Imperial) accession
    • accession (to the throne)
    • noun
      agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
    • noun
      a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
    • noun
      (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
    • noun
      something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
    • noun
      the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
    • noun
      the right to enter
    • verb
      make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

    Synonyms of "Accession" in English dictionary

    access, enter, assenting are the top synonyms of "Accession" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Accession

    • accession ( plural  accessions)
    • accession ( third-person singular simple present accessions, present participle accessioning, simple past and past participle accessioned)
    • accession (plural accessions)
    • accession (third-person singular simple present accessions, present participle accessioning, simple past and past participle accessioned)
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