Device and Intention

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Intention and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intention" instead a noun "Device".

Intention noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Device and intention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Intention".

good	good device	good intention
similar	similar device	similar intention
specific	specific device	specific intention
simple	simple device	simple intention
Other adjectives: actual, evil, little, main, secret, new, comedic.

His intention is for the Giant Death Ray to be the world's first bar-code reader — or, with the power turned up, the world's first laser eye surgery device.

Source: Death Ray
He has gone on record stating that he has no intention of ever making another Device album.

Source: One-Book Author
However, given that the part about the time machine working is All Just a Dream, we can't be sure if it would have ever worked, although Shurik's intention is, at least, to build a Time Portal-like device.

Source: Time Machine

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