accession

/ɐksˈɛʃən/

/əkˈsɛʃən/

Accession

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

the right to enter

synonyms : access

agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

synonyms : assenting

something added to what you already have

synonyms : addition

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

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

to accession

MAIN VERB

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

Examples

1. Even her Catholic councilors readily accepted her accession.

2. The people of Aphrodisias, like those right across the empire, would have celebrated accession of the new emperor.

3. We started work on this the Defense Visual Information Center accession in October of 2007.

4. Although little Sisi didn’t know it yet, his accession would change her life.