accession

noun

/əkˈseʃn/

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[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
[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
[countable] (specialist) a thing that is added to a collection of objects, paintings, etc. in a library or museum

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’.

单词	accession
释义	accession noun /əkˈseʃn/ /əkˈseʃn/ jump to other results [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 [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 [countable] (specialist) a thing that is added to a collection of objects, paintings, etc. in a library or museum 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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