# win (victory)

to benefit by creating a difference that puts one object over others

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [benefits](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-benefits.advantage), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [object](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-object.entity), [put](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-put.placement)

**Through:** The act of creating a difference through placement establishes one object's advantage over distinct others, resulting in victory.

**Novel properties:**
- superior position established
- relative triumph
- achieved distinction through change

## Examples
- In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Team USA won the women's 4x100m medley relay by 1.2 seconds. *(sports)*
- AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol in 2016 by creating irreversible board advantages through novel move sequences. *(computing)*
- Bacteria with CRISPR-modified genomes outcompeted wild strains in petri dishes at MIT in 2013. *(biology)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-win.victory.json*  
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