a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
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
in conjunction with; combined; "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together"
in collaboration or cooperation; "this paper was written jointly"
based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence
selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time; "he received a comfortable income from the syndication of his work"