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accession.

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

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ækˈsɛʃ.ən/Canada, UK, US/əˈsɛʃ.ən/Canada, UK, US/ækˈseʃ.ən/Australia/əˈseʃ.ən/Australia
  1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.

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    a king's accession to a confederacy
  2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.

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  3. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.

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  4. 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).

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  5. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

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    accession to the European Union
  6. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.

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    her accession to the throne
  7. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

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  8. Agreement.

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  9. Access; admittance.

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  10. A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.

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  11. Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.

    Scotland · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.

verb/ækˈsɛʃ.ən/Canada, UK, US/əˈsɛʃ.ən/Canada, UK, US/ækˈseʃ.ən/Australia/əˈseʃ.ən/Australia
  1. To make a record of (additions to a collection); to add (something) to a collection (usually a museum's or archive's collection).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.

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