ACCESSION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Elizabeth’’s accession in 1558
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the right to enter
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
    • assenting to the Congressional determination
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • something added to what you already have
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the librarian shelved the new accessions
    • he was a new addition to the staff
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  6. Meaning
    • a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the art collectin grew through accession
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

ACCESSION as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
    Hypernyms(s) accession is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower