accession
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
the art collection grew through accession
Types & categories
- increment hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
Types & categories
- record hypernym
Related & opposite
- recording domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
Types & categories
- property right hypernym
Related & opposite
- civil law domain topic
Sense 4 noun
something added to what you already have
the librarian shelved the new accessions
Types & categories
- acquisition hypernym
Sense 5 noun
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
Types & categories
- agreement hypernym
Related & opposite
- assent derivation
Sense 6 noun
the right to enter
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- let in derivation
Sense 7 noun
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
Elizabeth's accession in 1558
Types & categories
- attainment hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increment |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | recording |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | record |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | civil law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | property right |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquisition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | agreement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | let in |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | right |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | door |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | get at |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | accede |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | attainment |