{
  "id": "supplies.resource",
  "term": "supplies",
  "sense": "resource",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 7,
  "arena": "supply",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "things of matter that are kept for use in an action",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "keep.maintenance",
      "action.deed",
      "use.application"
    ],
    "interaction": "a pattern of energy persists in place and is designated for application in a change done by a thing",
    "novel_properties": [
      "designated utility",
      "readiness for deployment",
      "contingent availability"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station carries oxygen tanks and water reserves to sustain crew operations for months.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2020, Venezuela’s nationwide medicine shortages led to hospitals running out of insulin and antibiotics.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Amazon’s fulfillment centers stockpile millions of distinct items, tracked in real time across global warehouses.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "stuff.material",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "supplied",
    "supplies",
    "supply",
    "supplying"
  ],
  "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": "components",
      "note": "Added action.deed and use.application to components; definition was correct but record omitted essential constitutive concepts."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-supplies.resource"
}