“accession”

Definitions

• noun

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

  Synonyms: accedence, acceptance, access, accessory, accompaniment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acquiescence, acquirement, acquisition

  • Example:“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

  Synonyms: addition

  • Example:“The librarian shelved the new accessions.”
  • Example:“He was a new addition to the staff.”

• noun

  agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

  Synonyms: assenting

  • Example:“Accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent.”
  • Example:“assenting to the Congressional determination”

• noun

  the right to enter

  Synonyms: entree, access, admission, admittance

• noun

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

  Synonyms: rise to power

  • Example:“Elizabeth's accession in 1558”