# take (acquisition)

to get something by moving it from its place into your own

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: take  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [get](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [put](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-put.placement), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** the motion of an object from its current place into the actor’s own place results in acquisition

**Novel properties:**
- ownership transfer
- intentional acquisition

## Examples
- The Curiosity rover collected a 500 mg soil sample from Gale Crater and transferred it to its onboard lab for analysis. *(engineering)*
- In 2003, the Library of Congress acquired the 1,450-title collection of jazz recordings from the estate of George Avakian. *(institutions)*
- A neuron takes up dopamine from the synaptic cleft within 100 milliseconds of its release. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [based](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-based.foundation) (L7)
- [drug](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drug.chemical) (L13)
- [edit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edit.process) (L7)
- [liquid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-liquid.state) (L15)
- [offers](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-offers.proposal) (L8)
- [port](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-port.harbor) (L15)
- [regret](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regret.emotional) (L16)
- [sample](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sample.material) (L11)
- [select](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-select.choice) (L7)
- [window exit versus removed part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window-exit-versus-removed-part.distinction) (L15)

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