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to make something be seen

Show (verb) means: to make something be seen. It emerges from make, see: make causes something to be seen. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 7, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

show.visual · forms: show, showed, showing, shown, shows

Examples

Emergence

from: make see
through: make causes something to be seen

Chain to foundations

partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.showL7 show.visual: to make something be seen
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 2 more not shownbuilt fromadvertiseL8advertise.commercial — show information about a product to othersimageL8image.visual — a visual thing that shows a thingmatureL8mature.development — when a thing has more growth and age than most things and shows big sizeaccountL10account.financial — a list that shows change of matter for a thing over timedisplayL10display.visual — A surface arrangement of matter that shows a visual form.exampleL10example.illustration — a thing that is used to show a rulesignL11sign.symbolic — A visual mark that conveys meaning through regularity of form.filmL12film.entertainment — a recorded series of visual and audio patterns that are shown together over timeshowL7show.visual — to make something be seenmakeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.seeL6see.visual — change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extent

Used by (10)

advertiseL8imageL8matureL8accountL10displayL10exampleL10signL11filmL12moviesL13screenL18

Relations

is-amake.verb
enablessee.visual

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6