# get (acquisition)

you make a thing come to you

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: verb  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive)

**Through:** by making, you cause the thing to move through space until it is at your location

**Novel properties:**
- possession created
- intentional acquisition

## Examples
- The James Webb Space Telescope used a precisely timed thruster burn to capture itself into orbit around L2. *(astronomy)*
- Walmart's supply chain algorithm triggered shipments from distribution centers to restock toilet paper in Florida after Hurricane Ian. *(economics)*
- The CRISPR-Cas9 complex in Streptococcus pyogenes captures a segment of viral DNA for integration into the bacterial genome. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [asks](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-asks.social) (L7)
- [available](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-available.accessible) (L7)
- [bid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bid.offer) (L9)
- [buy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-buy.economic) (L9)
- [competition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-competition.social) (L16)
- [customer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-customer.economic) (L18)
- [education](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-education.learning) (L8)
- [finance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-finance.economic) (L17)
- [find](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-find.search) (L6)
- [game](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-game.playful) (L11)
- [login](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-login.digital) (L12)
- [purchase](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-purchase.economic) (L17)
- [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication) (L6)
- [says](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-says.speech) (L8)
- [school](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-school.education) (L7)
- [science](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-science.knowledge) (L8)
- [shop](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-shop.commercial) (L7)
- [take](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-take.acquisition) (L6)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*