Accession

/ækˈsɛʃ.ən/ · noun

Meaning

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined..

Definitions by Sense

1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
3. (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).
4. (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
5. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
6. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
7. Agreement.
8. Access; admittance.

Example Sentences

a king's accession to a confederacy

1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xli, […] armed vessels being provided, their crews were soon recruited by accessions from the needy or adventurous, the discontented or the bold.

The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain.

accession to the European Union

her accession to the throne

This is the 6 ft. 4-6-0 engine No. 8301, Springbok, the second design produced by Mr. Edward Thompson since his accession to office as Chief Mechanical Engineer.

Charles will be formally proclaimed King at a historic Accession Council in an ancient ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, it has been announced.

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Word Forms

• accessions
• accessioning
• accessioned

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