ACCESSION

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does accession mean? 

• ACCESSION (noun)
  The noun ACCESSION has 6 senses:

1. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
2. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
3. something added to what you already have
4. agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
5. the right to enter
6. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

  Familiarity information: ACCESSION used as a noun is common.

• ACCESSION (verb)
  The verb ACCESSION has 1 sense:

1. make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

  Familiarity information: ACCESSION used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCESSION (noun)

Meaning:

A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the art collection grew through accession

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

growth; increase; increment (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important)

Meaning:

(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

property right (the right of ownership)

Domain category:

civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

Meaning:

Something added to what you already have

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

accession; addition

Context examples:

the librarian shelved the new accessions / he was a new addition to the staff

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

acquisition (something acquired)

Meaning:

Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

assenting; accession

Context examples:

accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent / assenting to the Congressional determination

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Meaning:

The right to enter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

access; admittance; entree; accession

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accession"):

door (anything providing a means of access (or escape))

Meaning:

The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rise to power; accession

Context example:

Elizabeth's accession in 1558

Hypernyms ("accession" is a kind of...):

attainment (the act of achieving an aim)

• ACCESSION (verb)

Meaning:

Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "accession" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Domain category:

recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something