Is there a word denoting an action after some object appears but it's unknown whether it was found or created?
Single variant I have is arrange
but I doubt that it fits perfectly. What are some other variants?
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Sign up to join this communityIs there a word denoting an action after some object appears but it's unknown whether it was found or created?
Single variant I have is arrange
but I doubt that it fits perfectly. What are some other variants?
You might be able to use the word "obtain" in your context.
"Obtain" means "get" or "achieve". "Achieve" and "create" have some overlap. Something can be "obtained" either legally or illegally. Thus, "obtain" is sometimes used when the speaker wants to be vague about whether something was bought, borrowed, stolen, or "cobbled together".
achieve
used with tangible objects?
Apr 5, 2017 at 16:18
Come from
In American English at least, it is common to ask where something comes from.
Maybe the answer has to do with causality:
Q: Where did that bruise on your shin come from?
A: I kicked a chair.
Maybe the answer has to do with some action taken by the person being queried:
Q: Nice Hat! Where'd that come from?
A: I picked it up at a garage sale for fifty cents!
Maybe the answer has to do with unknown provenance:
Q: That's a weird looking symbol on the wall there. I wonder where it came from.
A: Creepy! I am sure it wasn't there when I went to sleep last night.
If anyone is still looking for alternatives
request (transitive), provide(intransitive/transitive)
might be a good options. Also for certain special cases:
mount, ask, load, install, demand, etc.
comes to mind. All these options include looking for something and providing it, they do not specify whether that thing is created, searched, extracted, etc.