Engaged
Intent
Intent adjective - Having the mind fixed on something.
Usage example: he was so intent on his work that he didn't hear the dog bark
Engaged is a synonym for intent in determined topic. You can use "Engaged" instead an adjective "Intent".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch involves someone engaged in the anti-social habit of urinating in a phone box ... before revealing that the queue of people behind him have the same intent.
Source: Phone Booth - Seventy years later, the two surviving city states, Aurora and Abundance, are engaged in a bloody civil war that is exacerbated by greedy corporate interests intent on monopolizing the planets water supply.
Source: Video Game / Mars: War Logs
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Intent and Engaged. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/engaged/intent
Engaged & Intent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/engaged/intent>.
Intent or Engaged. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/engaged/intent.
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