act of accession

  • 11accession — ac|ces|sion [əkˈseʃən] n 1.) [U] an official process in which someone becomes king, queen, president etc →↑succession accession of ▪ the accession of James I accession to power/to the throne (=the act of becoming king, queen, president etc) 2.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12accession — [[t]ækse̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: with poss, oft N to n Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country. [FORMAL] ...the 40th anniversary of the Queen s accession to the throne. 2) N UNCOUNT: oft with poss, N to n A country …

    English dictionary

  • 13accession — I. noun Date: 1588 1. a. increase by something added b. acquisition of additional property (as by growth or increase of existing property) 2. something added ; acquisition 3. the act of assenting or agreeing 4. a. the act of becoming joined …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14Accession Council — Im Vereinigten Königreich ist der Accession Council (dt. etwa Thronbesteigungsrat) ein zeremonielles Organ, das beim Tode eines Monarchen zusammentritt, um die Thronbesteigung seines Nachfolgers auszurufen und vom neuen Monarchen einen Treueid… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 15accession — 1. noun /əkˈsɛʃən/ a) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a kings accession to a confederacy. , The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. b) Increase by something added; that which is… …

    Wiktionary

  • 16accession — ac•ces•sion [[t]ækˈsɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.: accession to the throne[/ex] 2) an increase by something added: an accession of territory[/ex] 3) something added: accessions to the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17accession — noun formal 1 (U) a process in which someone becomes king, queen, president etc: accession to the throne (=the act of becoming king or queen) compare succession 2 (uncountable + to) the act of agreeing to a demand 3 (C, U) an object or work of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18accession —    An object acquired by a museum or any other collector as part of its permanent collection, or the act of recording and processing an addition to the permanent collection. The opposite of accession is deaccession. Also see collection, donation …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 19accession — 1) the formal acceptance into museum custody of a specimen or a collection of fishes, and the recording of such 2) a specimen(s) acquired by a museum for its permanent collection 3) the act of recording and processing an addition to a permanent… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 20accession — ac·ces·sion || æk seʃn n. arrival, attainment; act of coming into high office, succession …

    English contemporary dictionary