tell · communication
Ask Prometheusto say something to someone so that they know it
Tell (verb) means: to say something to someone so that they know it. It emerges from said, message, know, says: said.speech and message.information are combined with someone.person and know.cognitive through says.speech to convey information from one person to another such that the recipient comes to know it. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 9, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- In 2019, a teacher at Riverside High told students about the school's closure during an assembly. everyday life
- The Voyager 1 probe sent a signal from 15 billion miles away saying its instruments were functioning. engineering
- In 1944, a prisoner at Auschwitz secretly told a guard about an upcoming escape attempt. institutions
Emergence
through: said.speech and message.information are combined with someone.person and know.cognitive through says.speech to convey information from one person to another such that the recipient comes to know it.
- information transfer to awareness
- directed communication
- knowledge uptake by recipient
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (102 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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Relations
| is-a | act.deed | is-a |
| abstracts | message.information | abstracts |