to accede

Examples

• All

• What are the implications if Chile does accede to NAFTA?

  Academic text (1997)

• As long as I am breathing, Grand Prince, you wan't be able to accede to the throne.

  For Love (2021)

• A number of officers have preferred to sacrifice their honor and pride to accede to positions which are here today, gone tomorrow!

  Blog text (10)

• The hope, of course, was that Chile would be in serious negotiations to accede to NAFTA.

  Academic text (1997)

• The king did accede, and the airlift of Indian troops began to the Srinagar airport.

  Blog text (3)

• Thus, in OPEC negotiations during 1976 and 1977, Saudi Arabia refused to accede to a price increase that the others had decided to implement.

  Academic text (1999)

• Each country not yet party to these three multilateral treaties should accede to them so that the benefits to both humankind and nature can more readily become universal.

  Academic text (1993)

• Candidate countries simply had to accede to the EU's existing acquis communautaire—the full range of its laws, regulations, and institutions.

  Academic text (2008)

• The Princely State of Kashmir remained outside this partition, but later, through 'the Instrument of Accession' on 26 October 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh agreed to accede to India, which was against the will of its people.

  Academic text (2018)

• The new leader was eager to accede to the responsibilities of the throne with hopes of bringing change.

Synonyms

S

to succeed

vsto accede

• Formal

129 4.4

To take someone's job or position after they leave

is assuming a post without necessarily following someone by right

T

to take office

vsto accede

87 3.6

Begin work in an official job after being elected or appointed

is the act of assuming a position not limited to starting duties

O

to occupy

vsto accede

60 3.1

To hold an official job or position

is more specific to officially taking leadership or throne roles

A

to ascend

vsto accede

39 4.4

To move up to a more important job or position

is specifically about assuming an official office rather than general promotion

E

to enter

vsto accede

• Formal

31 2.5

To begin duties in an official position such as prime minister

is about assuming the role itself rather than just starting tasks

C

to come to power

vsto accede

28 4.2

To take control of a country or government

is about taking an official office rather than broader political control

T

to take one's place on the throne

vsto accede

8.4

To become king or queen of a country and rule

is the general act of assuming an official position not only royal ones

Antonyms

A

to abdicate

• Formal

23 8.0

To give up a position of power, for example a king or queen

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology