the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"