Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun accession

6 senses of accession

Sense 1
accession -- (a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession")
       => increase, increment, growth -- (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population")

Sense 2
accession -- ((civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement)
       => property right -- (the legal right of ownership)

Sense 3
accession, addition -- (something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff")
       => acquisition -- (something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum")

Sense 4
accession, assenting -- (agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination")
       => agreement -- (the verbal act of agreeing)

Sense 5
entree, access, accession, admission, admittance -- (the right to enter)
       => right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")

Sense 6
accession, rise to power -- (the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558")
       => attainment -- (the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accession

1 sense of accession

Sense 1
accession -- (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library)
       => record, enter, put down -- (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

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