# verb (grammatical)

a term that names a change or a state that unfolds in time

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: verb

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition), [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general), [occurs](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-occurs.event), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [terms](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-terms.language), [name](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier)

**Through:** when a linguistic term refers to an event or persistent condition unfolding in time, it becomes a grammatical category

**Novel properties:**
- temporal reference
- eventive or durative meaning
- linguistic categorization of action or state

## Examples
- The International Space Station adjusts its orbit every few weeks to counteract atmospheric drag and maintain altitude. *(engineering)*
- In 2023, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates seven times to influence inflation trends. *(economics)*
- A neuron fires an action potential when voltage-gated ion channels open in sequence along its axon. *(biology)*

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