# thank (social)

to express gratitude as a social response to others

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: thank

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [polite](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-polite.social), [response](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-response.behavioral), [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [express](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-express.communication), [social](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-social.relational)

**Through:** Polite and a response together form an act that communicates appreciation toward others in a social context.

**Novel properties:**
- acknowledges relational impact
- communicative intent
- reciprocal social gesture

## Examples
- In 2023, a Japanese commuter bowed to a station attendant who returned his lost wallet on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. *(everyday life)*
- The Mars Rover mission team at JPL applauded and exchanged thanks after receiving the first signal from Perseverance on Martian soil. *(engineering)*
- After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, villagers in Aceh handed fish and rice to foreign aid workers who delivered clean water. *(institutions)*

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