accession en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈsɛʃ.ən/ (Canada, UK, US)
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- /əˈseʃ.ən/ (Australia)
- /ækˈseʃ.ən/ (Australia)
- /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/ (Canada, UK, US)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
a king's accession to a confederacy
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(countable, uncountable) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain.
1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter 1, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 5:1803, 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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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(countable, uncountable) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
accession to the European Union
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(countable, uncountable) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
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.
1943 March and April, “L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 104: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.
2022 September 9, Caroline Davies, “Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday”, in The Guardian:
- (countable, uncountable) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
- (countable, uncountable) Agreement.
- (countable, uncountable) Access; admittance.
- (countable, uncountable) A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| accessions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
reaccession · accessioner · accession country · nonaccession · accession number · accessional
Translations (61)
nl toetreding (a coming to) · bg причисление (a coming to) · fi liittyminen (a coming to) · fi lisäys (increase by something added) · de Verbindung ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · de Beitritt (a coming to) · sv nyförvärv (increase by something added) · bg възцаряване (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · ko 가입 (a coming to) · sv anslutning (a coming to) · tr artma (increase by something added) · tr göreve gelme (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · nl natrekking ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · cmn 加入 (a coming to) · uk приє́днання (a coming to) · da tiltrædelse (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · bg принаждане (a coming to) · th ภาคยานุวัติ ((legal) act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force) · it accessione ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · eo surtroniĝo (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · et ühinemine (a coming to) · sv tilträdelse (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · sv tillträde (a coming to) · bg пристъп ((medicine) invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease) · pt acessão (increase by something added) · ja 加入 (a coming to) · es accesión ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · bg присъединение (a coming to) · ka გაწევრიანება (a coming to) · ru вступле́ние (a coming to) · bg възкачване (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · fi valtaannousu (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · tr tahta çıkma (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · ru воцарение (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · bg приобщаване (a coming to) · de Besteigung (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · id akresi ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · de Antritt (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · de Zuwachs (increase by something added) · cmn 加盟 (a coming to) · eo ĉefiĝo (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · da tiltrædelse (a coming to) · sv nyanskaffning (increase by something added) · ru присоедине́ние (a coming to) · es ascenso (a coming to) · de Thronbesteigung (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · bg въздигане (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · bg прираст (increase by something added) · pt acessão ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · ja 加盟 (a coming to) · az taxta çıxma (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · tr katılım (a coming to) · hu áradmány ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · fr accession ((legal) mode of acquiring property) · ko 가맹 (a coming to) · ru акце́ссия (a coming to) · uk вступ (a coming to) · nb tiltredelse (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) · fr accession (a coming to) · nb tiltredelse (a coming to) · az cülus (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity)