The Emergence Machine

provide · supply

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to give something to someone so that they have it

provide.supply · forms: provide, provided, provides, providing

Examples

Emergence

from: give receive someone
through: When a giver transfers something to a person, and that person receives it, the act of providing is complete and the recipient now has the thing.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placegiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingprovideL8 provide.supply: to give something to someone so that they have itsomeoneL7 someone.person: any personmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.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.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarypartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.peopleL6 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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.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.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placetimeL0 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 pattern
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromfacilitiesL10facilities.place — A place where equipment or service is provided for an activity.loginL12login.digital — an event when a user gains access to a computer by providing an identifiertipping pointL15tipping-point.irreversible — a wall where crossing it ends the thing's window; drift back requires more work than any force can provide.enablesL16enables.facilitation — to make something possible by providing a resource for itbedL17bed.furniture — a piece of furniture that provides a place for a human to stay while they sleepinnL17inn.lodging — a place that provides shelter and rooms for peopleinsuranceL18insurance.financial — an arrangement that provides assistance after economic loss occurs, maintained by regular paymentsserverL18server.digital — a device that provides information to others over a networkprovideL8provide.supply — to give something to someone so that they have itgiveL7give.transfer — to make a piece go to othersreceiveL6receive.communication — to get something that comes to a placesomeoneL7someone.person — any personE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (9)

facilitiesL10loginL12tipping pointL15enablesL16bedL17innL17insuranceL18serverL18sunL21

Relations

is-agive.transferis-a
enablesreceive.communicationenables

Provenance

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