Accession is the act of advancing into a position. Being elected class president is a kind of accession.
Accession originally referred to a queen or king taking the throne. From the Latin term, accessionem, meaning "joining or increasing,” accession may refer to the gaining of access to any formal position, group, or right. It can also mean “agreement” — think of it as “joining in.” Accession may also refer to property — either something that increases your original collection, or the right to all of your property even through growth — such as the golden egg your new hen laid.
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the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
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a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
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agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
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