accession
noun /əkˈseʃn/
/əkˈseʃn/
- [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
- [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’.