A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
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). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Western Europe GDP per capita - not taking into account the new accession counties - was lower in 2001 relative to that of the US than any time since the 1960's. John Hutton
We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year. Nursultan Nazarbayev
Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession. Pierre Pettigrew
accession in Danish is erhvervelse, erhverv
accession in Dutch is aanwinst, acquest, buit, prooi
accession in German is Zuwachs, Antritt
accession in Italian is incremento, assunzione del potere
accession in Norwegian is tilgang, tiltredelse
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