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Word entry · 9 letters

accession

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"Taking office"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/Part of speech noun, verbSorted acceinossStarts with AEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2C3C4E5S6S7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

Word origin

Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.

Used in a sentence

  • a king's accession to a confederacy
  • The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain.
  • accession to the European Union

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Taking office9 letters
02Rise to office9 letters

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