{
  "id": "menu.list",
  "term": "menu",
  "sense": "list",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 11,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "menu",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a list of items offered so that one may be chosen",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "list.ordered",
      "items.object",
      "choice.decision",
      "offers.proposal"
    ],
    "interaction": "the ordered list presents distinct items as potential choices through an offer",
    "novel_properties": [
      "available selections",
      "structured offer",
      "decision context"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The 2023 lunch menu at Chez Panisse lists grilled sardines, nettle risotto, and apricot tart.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    },
    {
      "text": "The HTTP/1.1 status code registry is a list of standardized response codes servers may return.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "McDonald's national menu in 2024 includes the Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, and medium fries.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "list.ordered",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "choice.decision",
      "note": "enables",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "menu",
    "menus"
  ],
  "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": "factual",
      "note": "added missing constitutive concepts 'choice.decision' and 'offers.proposal' as they are essential to the meaning of 'menu' as a list designed for selection; revised definition to be accurate and conci"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-menu.list"
}