# someone (person)

any person

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: any person  ·  Arena: someone

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities)

**Through:** A person that is distinct from the current referent becomes a generic reference.

**Novel properties:**
- unspecified identity
- generic reference

## Examples
- In 2023, a software update broke authentication for millions using Google accounts. *(computing)*
- The 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion killed 11 people aboard the offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. *(engineering)*
- Marie Curie died in 1934 from aplastic anemia, likely caused by prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [advice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advice.social) (L8)
- [commission](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-commission.transaction) (L18)
- [gift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gift.present) (L18)
- [provide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-provide.supply) (L8)
- [tell](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tell.communication) (L9)
- [tour](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tour.travel) (L14)
- [welcome](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-welcome.greeting) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-someone.person*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-someone.person.json*  
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