A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group).

Roget 737a: government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority etc. 737; master etc. 745; direction etc. 693.    [nations] national government, nation, state, country, nation-state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic; kingdom, principality.    [subdivisions of nations] state government [Lat.], state; shire [Brit.]; province [Can.]; county [Ire.]; canton [Switz.]; territory [Austral.]; duchy, archduchy, archdukedom^†; woiwodshaft; commonwealth; region etc. 181; property etc. 780.    [smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement [Fr.], mofussil^†, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth^†, soke^†, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick.    command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship^†; chiefdom^†; seigniory, seigniority^†.    rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern etc. (direct) 693; lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown.    state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus [Lat.].    [person in the governing authority] judicature etc. 965; cabinet etc. (council) 696; seat of government, seat of authority; headquarters.    [Acquisition of authority] accession; installation etc. 755; politics etc. 737.1. reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship; caliphate, pashalic^†, electorate; presidency, presidentship^†; administration; proconsul, consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature^†, magistracy.    monarchy; kinghood^†, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy^†, aristocracy; oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy; commonwealth; dominion; heteronomy; republic, republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy^†, ochlocracy^†; vox populi, imperium in imperio [Lat.]; bureaucracy; beadledom^†, bumbledom^†; stratocracy; military power, military government, junta; feodality^†, feudal system, feudalism.    thearchy^†, theocracy, dinarchy^†; duarchy^†, triarchy, heterarchy^†; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy^†, pantisocracy^†.    gynarchy^†, gynocracy^†, gynaeocracy^†; petticoat government.    [government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration.    [Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council etc. 696; courts, supreme court; [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA.    [national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem [Lat.], speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI.    [state government officials] governor, state cabinet member; state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 755: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration^†; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship^†; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.    errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit etc. (permission) 760.    appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement.    vicegerency; regency, regentship.    viceroy etc. 745; consignee etc. 758; deputy etc. 759.    [person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee etc. 758.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 762: consent; assent etc. 488; acquiescence; approval etc. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance^†, yieldingness^†; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition^†.    settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment.    permit etc. (permission) 760; promise etc. 768.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 35: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession etc. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent etc. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread etc. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: akces, akcesja

civil law The right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement.

Something added to what you already have:
— The librarian shelved the new accessions.

synoniem: addition.

Roget 37: addition, annexation, adjection^†; junction etc. 43; superposition, superaddition, superjunction^†, superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase etc. 35; increment, supplement; accompaniment etc. 88; interposition etc. 228; insertion etc. 300.    ... meer laten zien

Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly):
— Accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent.

synoniem: assenting.

Nederlands: troonsbestijging

The right to enter.

synoniemen: access, admission, admittance, entree.

Nederlands: entree, toegang

The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne):
— Elizabeth's accession in 1558.

synoniem: rise to power.

Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.