'accession' definitions:
Definition of 'accession'
(from WordNet)
noun
A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
noun
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
noun
Something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" [syn: accession, addition]
noun
Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination" [syn: accession, assenting]
noun
noun
The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558" [syn: accession, rise to power]
verb
Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
Synonyms of 'accession'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accedence,
- acceptance,
- access,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- acquiescence,
- acquirement,
- acquisition,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- adjuvant,
- advance,
- advent,
- affixation,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- agglutination,
- aggrandizement,
- agreement,
- agreement in principle,
- amplification,
- annex,
- annexation,
- anointing,
- anointment,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appointment,
- appreciation,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- arrogation,
- ascent,
- assent,
- assentation,
- assignment,
- assumption,
- attachment,
- attainment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- authorization,
- ballooning,
- bloating,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- coda,
- coming,
- coming by,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- complement,
- compliance,
- concomitant,
- concurrence,
- consecration,
- consent,
- continuation,
- corollary,
- coronation,
- crescendo,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- development,
- dragging down,
- earnings,
- edema,
- election,
- elevation,
- empowerment,
- enlargement,
- enthronement,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fixture,
- flood,
- flowing toward,
- forthcoming,
- gain,
- gaining,
- general agreement,
- getting,
- getting hold of,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- hearty assent,
- hike,
- imminence,
- inauguration,
- increase,
- increment,
- induction,
- inflation,
- installation,
- installment,
- instatement,
- investiture,
- joining,
- jump,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- leap,
- legitimate succession,
- making,
- moneygetting,
- moneygrubbing,
- moneymaking,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- obtainment,
- obtention,
- offshoot,
- oncoming,
- pendant,
- placement,
- prefixation,
- procural,
- procurance,
- procuration,
- procurement,
- productiveness,
- proliferation,
- proximation,
- raise,
- reinforcement,
- rise,
- securement,
- seizure,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- snowballing,
- spread,
- succession,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplement,
- supplementation,
- support,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tailpiece,
- taking office,
- taking over,
- trover,
- tumescence,
- undergirding,
- uniting,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- usurpation,
- warm assent,
- waxing,
- welcome,
- widening,
- winning