Intent and Working

Intent

Intent adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

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Working and intent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Working" instead an adjective "Intent".

Working adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

Usage example: a boss who is of the opinion that a working employee is a needed employee, as idleness is a sign of dispensability

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Intent and working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead an adjective "Working".

Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker

good	good intent	good working
strong	strong intent	strong working
powerful	powerful intent	powerful working
actual	actual intent	actual working
Other adjectives: real, little, bad, main, general, different, giant, prior.

Good All Along: Much as with Evil All Along, Deus Ex is full of characters who are played up as the next Hitler, only to be revealed as working towards a good purpose, or at least motivated by good intent.

Source: Video Game / Deus Ex
AgriGen never gets the new material to work with, and Gibbons doesn't seem intent of working on them.

Source: Literature / The Windup Girl
Suddenly Voiced: Lacey's employee Josh gets his first lines in the show when he declares his intent to quit working at the Ruby and become a llama farmer (he's back by the end of the episode).

Source: Series / Corner Gas

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