# said (speech)

to make a message for others

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition), [message](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-message.information), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb)

**Through:** When a message is made for others, the act of said is produced.

**Novel properties:**
- intentional communication
- linguistic expression
- directed information flow

## Examples
- In 2023, a NASA engineer transmitted 'Signal Lost' from the Voyager 2 probe at 18.4 billion km distance. *(space)*
- A courtroom stenographer recorded 'The witness said the light was red' during the 2019 trial of People v. Grant. *(law)*
- In a 2021 Python script, print('Error: file not found') sent text to the system log at runtime. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [story](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-story.narrative) (L13)
- [tell](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tell.communication) (L9)

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