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How to use accession in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb

Accession means a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined. Example: “An accession of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union seems to have moved off the radar.”

Examples of accession by meaning

nounA coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.

  • a king's accession to a confederacy

nounThe act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

  • accession to the European Union

nounThe act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.

  • her accession to the throne
  • Edward Thompson since his accession to office as Chief Mechanical Engineer.1943 March and April, “L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 104
  • Charles will be formally proclaimed King at a historic Accession Council in an ancient ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, it has been announced.2022 September 9, Caroline Davies, “Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday”, in The Guardian

More sentences with accession

  • An accession of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union seems to have moved off the radar.From the entry off the radar
  • Typically, before a country begins accession negotiations, all 27 member states must unanimously agree to open them.2026 August 18, Tiago Ventura, “Iceland’s E.U. Referendum, Explained”, in TIME. From the entry member state
  • At that time, accession to the office of libationer already involved the conferral of sacred texts.2013, Fabrizio Pregadio, The Encyclopedia of Taoism: 2-volume set, page 550. From the entry libationer
  • Cowling, a Tory, 'namierised' politics at the accession of George VI.2002, Richard J. B. Bosworth, Explaining Auschwitz and Hiroshima, page 208. From the entry namierise
  • The blessing of cramp-rings was abandoned immediately and without comment upon the accession of Elizabeth I.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 193. From the entry cramp ring
  • In both cases the morphological diversity within the oat accessions did not differ between landraces and modern cultivars.2011, A. C. Newton et al., “Cereal Landraces for Sustainable Agriculture”, in Eric Lichtfouse, Marjolaine Hamelin, Philippe Debaeke…. From the entry landrace
  • The most straightforward solution, that it took place on the emperor's dies imperii ten years after the accession, has its adherents.2005, Jakob Munk Højte, Roman Imperial Statue Bases from Augustus to Commodus, p. 157. From the entry vicennalia
  • For Ahab, accession to the sublime image entails abhoring, killing, and thereby magically fusing with the White Whale.2000, Suzanne Stein, The Pusher and the Sufferer. From the entry abhoring
  • The exact question being put to voters for a yes or no answer is: “Should Iceland reopen accession negotiations with the European Union?”2026 August 18, Tiago Ventura, “Iceland’s E.U. Referendum, Explained”, in TIME. From the entry put
  • I doff my hat to Mr President of the Republic as he celebrates his eighth anniversary of accession to the pinnacle of political power.2011, Godfrey B. Tangwa, No Trifling Matter: Contributions of an Uncompromising Critic to the Democratic Process in Cameroon, page 15. From the entry doff one's hat to
  • The golden age of demirepdom in England may be said to have extended from the accession of Charles II to that of George III.1907, William Henry Craig, Life of Lord Chesterfield. From the entry demirepdom
  • The last bit of information on each tombstone is an accession number—an alphanumeric block that is assigned when an object is added (accessioned) to the museums’ collections.2015, Harvard Art Museum, Writing on the Wall. From the entry tombstone
  • But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch from the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 189. From the entry touch
  • In contemplating our situation, I am convinced, that the accession of Louisiana, will accelerate a division, of these States; whose whenabouts, is uncertain, but somewhen is inevitable.1907, Bernard Christian Steiner, The Life and Correspondence of James McHenry. From the entry whenabouts

Meaning of accession

  1. noun A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
  2. noun Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  3. noun Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.

Full definition of accession

Questions about accession in a sentence

How do you use accession in a sentence?
Accession is used as a noun and verb. For example: “An accession of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union seems to have moved off the radar.”
What is a short sentence with accession?
“accession to the European Union”
What does accession mean?
Accession means a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accession (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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