The Emergence Machine

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to act with work so that a possible result may happen

Try (verb) means: to act with work so that a possible result may happen. It emerges from act, work, possible, outcome: The act combined with effort explores a possible result, creating an intentional attempt that may lead to an event. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 12, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

try.effort · forms: tried, tries, try, trying

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Emergence

from: act work possible outcome happen results
through: The act combined with effort explores a possible result, creating an intentional attempt that may lead to an event.

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 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.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is ininteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outcomeL10 outcome.result: the state that follows after a changechangeL1 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.actL3 act.deed: do somethingoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.resultsL11 results.outcome: an outcome that is the difference that follows a changeextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placepossibleL3 possible.potential: that can happenstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.tryL12 try.effort: to act with work so that a possible result may happenhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.followsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happenstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromadvertisingL13advertising.commercial — the act of making and sharing messages through media to persuade others to buy a producttryL12try.effort — to act with work so that a possible result may happenactL3act.deed — do somethingworkL3work.effort — a change that happens when energy moves something through spacepossibleL3possible.potential — that can happenoutcomeL10outcome.result — the state that follows after a changehappenL2happen.event-occurrence — A change that is at some place during time.resultsL11results.outcome — an outcome that is the difference that follows a change

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Provenance

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