accession.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
Meaning & usage
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
a king's accession to a confederacy
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
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.
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).
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
accession to the European Union
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
her accession to the throne
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Agreement.
Access; admittance.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
To make a record of (additions to a collection); to add (something) to a collection (usually a museum's or archive's collection).
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
Try it on your idea.
accession has 9 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.