accession
/ækˈsɛʃ.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.40 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "a king's accession to a confederacy"
- "The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain."
- "1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xli, […] armed vessels being provided, their crews were soon recruited by accessions from the needy or adventurous, the discontented or the bold."
- "accession to the European Union"
- "her accession to the throne"
- "This is the 6 ft. 4-6-0 engine No. 8301, Springbok, the second design produced by Mr. Edward Thompson since his accession to office as Chief Mechanical Engineer."
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: accessiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/
- British English: /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/