# provide (supply)

to give something to someone so that they have it

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: provide

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [someone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-someone.person)

**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.

**Novel properties:**
- recipient becomes possessor
- provision completes supply
- intentional transfer for possession

## Examples
- The International Space Station provides continuous 28V DC power via solar arrays to life support systems. *(engineering)*
- The 2020 CARES Act provided $1,200 stimulus payments to most U.S. taxpayers by direct deposit. *(economics)*
- Amazon Web Services provides scalable cloud storage to Netflix under a long-term contract. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [bed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bed.furniture) (L17)
- [enables](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-enables.facilitation) (L16)
- [facilities](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-facilities.place) (L10)
- [inn](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-inn.lodging) (L17)
- [insurance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insurance.financial) (L18)
- [login](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-login.digital) (L12)
- [server](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-server.digital) (L18)
- [sun](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sun.celestial) (L21)
- [tipping point](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tipping-point.irreversible) (L15)

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