accession, n.
(accessions)
(accessions)
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
<noun.act>
accession rise to power
sample sentences
"Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the right to enter
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
access accession admission admittance entree
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
<noun.communication>
accession assenting
sample sentences
"accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent""assenting to the Congressional determination"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
something added to what you already have
<noun.possession>
accession addition
sample sentences
"the librarian shelved the new accessions""he was a new addition to the staff"
semantic pointers
hypernym
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
<noun.possession>
accession
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
<noun.process>
accession
sample sentences
"the art collection grew through accession"
semantic pointers
hypernym