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accession

(/&/k's/E//S//@/n )

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

Example:
The art collection grew through accession.

source: wordnet30
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement(noun.possession)

source: wordnet30
something added to what you already have(noun.possession)

Example:
The librarian shelved the new accessions.

Synonym:
addition

source: wordnet30
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)(noun.communication)

Example:
Accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent.

Synonym:
assenting

source: wordnet30
the right to enter(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
access, admission, admittance, entree

source: wordnet30
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)(noun.act)

Example:
Elizabeth's accession in 1558.

Synonym:
rise to power

source: wordnet30
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30

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