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Meaning of accession

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

accession

Pronunciation:/æk.ˈsɛ.ʃən/

noun

Definitions

  1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

    Example: a king's accession to a confederacy

  2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.

  3. 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).

  4. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a record of (additions to a collection).