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Definition of accession noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accession

noun
 
/əkˈseʃn/
 
/əkˈseʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] accession (to something) the act of getting a position of rank or power
    • the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne
    • Charles I’s accession to the throne
    • on her accession to the leadership
    see also accedeTopics Successc2, Historyc2
  2. [uncountable] accession (to something) the act of becoming part of an international organization
    • the accession of new member states to the EU
    • the new accession states of the EU
  3. [countable] (specialist) a thing that is added to a collection of objects, paintings, etc. in a library or museum
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘something added’): from Latin accessio(n-), from the verb accedere ‘approach, come to’ from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.
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