accession
Nouns
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(n) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
- the art collection grew through accession
- (n) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
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(n) something added to what you already have
- the librarian shelved the new accessions
- he was a new addition to the staff
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(n) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
- accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
- assenting to the Congressional determination
- (n) the right to enter access, admittance, entree, admission,
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(n) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
- Elizabeth's accession in 1558
Verbs
- (v) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library