The Emergence Machine

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a thing that is transferred to someone without an exchange of payment

gift.present · forms: gift, gifted, gifting, gifts

Examples

Emergence

from: give object transferred someone exchange payment
through: give.transfer moves an object.entity via transferred.exchange, but lacks the reciprocal resource flow of pay.economic and avoids the quid-pro-quo of exchange.trade

Chain to foundations

holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a walldistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnewL4 new.recent: A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.givenL7 given.premise: a thing that is information in a settingexchangeL15 exchange.trade: to give a thing and receive a thing in returnwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.systemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structureinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placegiftL18 gift.present: a thing that is transferred to someone without an exchange of paymentinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencestimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternreturnL14 return.movement: to go back to a previous placeentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.requiredL6 required.obligation: a condition that is a needmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingsomeoneL7 someone.person: any personmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placepriceL8 price.economic: the piece of a thing that be given in an interactionpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.substanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.giveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.moneyL16 money.economic: a resource that is a property of price and workneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therecontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.wallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.paymentL17 payment.economic: a transfer of money to satisfy a required obligationpeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing haspressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacenothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingpreviousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timeresourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.fallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingbackL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarystateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placetransferredL8 transferred.exchange: when a thing is given and put into a new placequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motion
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromchristmasL19christmas.holiday — a holiday that occurs on a date in the last month of the year when people gather and give giftsgiftL18gift.present — a thing that is transferred to someone without an exchange of paymentgiveL7give.transfer — to make a piece go to othersobjectL4object.entity — A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.transferredL8transferred.exchange — when a thing is given and put into a new placesomeoneL7someone.person — any personexchangeL15exchange.trade — to give a thing and receive a thing in returnpaymentL17payment.economic — a transfer of money to satisfy a required obligationE0 concrete → E14 abstract

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christmasL19

Relations

is-aproducts.goodsa gift is a kind of product
contrasts-withloss.economica gift is opposite of a loss

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6