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  "term": "add",
  "sense": "operation",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 4,
  "arena": "add",
  "domain": "general",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to put parts together so that there is more than one part alone",
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      "structure.arrangement",
      "alone.state",
      "put.placement"
    ],
    "interaction": "When parts are placed together into a structured arrangement, the presence of multiple parts in a shared space produces a composite whole with emergent organization.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "composite existence",
      "emergent structure",
      "relational multiplicity"
    ]
  },
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    {
      "text": "Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom combine in a water molecule during electrolysis reversal.",
      "domain": "chemistry"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2020 U.S. Census count included 331 million residents by summing state tallies.",
      "domain": "demographics"
    },
    {
      "text": "Python's sum() function aggregates a list of 10,000 integers into a single total value.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
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      "id": "change.process",
      "note": "",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
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    "average.statistical",
    "comments.communication",
    "confusion.state",
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    "edit.process",
    "four.cardinal",
    "include.addition",
    "plus.addition",
    "register.record",
    "registration.administrative",
    "six.cardinal",
    "thirty.numeral"
  ],
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  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts 'alone.state' and 'put.placement' to align with definition's reliance on them."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation"
}