accession
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joinedA coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
» There have been many accessions to the party.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
a king's accession to a confederacy
Beitritt
вступле́ниеvstuplénije, присоедине́ниеprisojedinénije, акце́ссияakcéssija
вступvstup, приє́днанняpryjédnannja
(countable, uncountable)Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
Zuwachs
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
(countable, uncountable)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).
Verbindung
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
(countable, uncountable)The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
accession to the European Union
(countable, uncountable)The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
her accession to the throne
Antritt, Besteigung, Thronbesteigung
воцарениеvocarenije
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
(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.
Examples
7 sentencesThere have been many accessions to the party.
Once each fossil is stable, it is assigned a unique number and accessioned into the museum collections.
Most Albanians support the accession of their country to the EU.
Ukraine is not on a viable path to accession to the European Union.
Next Sunday, we will vote in a referendum on the accession of our region to Mars.
ruВ следующее воскресенье мы будем голосовать на референдуме по вопросу о присоединении нашего региона к Марсу.
Translations
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Origin
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accessiUltimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
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Forms
plural: accessions| Singular | accession |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne):rise to power
- agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly):assenting
- something added to what you already have:addition
- the right to enter:entreeaccessadmissionadmittance
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable