Means and Work

Means

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Work and means are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Means and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Means" instead a noun "Work".

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

known	known means	known work
old	old means	old work
good	good means	good work
physical	physical means	physical work
Other adjectives: best, better, similar, normal, usual, regular, legitimate, legal, popular, actual, real, little, main, necessary, new, less, different, scientific.

Interestingly, this never happens with the Power Station, which means someone on the programming team purposely used a horribly wrong method instead of one that was known to work.

Source: Toys / Rock Raiders
His Solar Flare technique can work on anyone, regardless of how strong they are and his Kikohou is the only technique to work on the Cast From Life Span principle which means he can invoke You Shall Not Pass successfully on much stronger creatures.

Source: The Team aka: Team
Alternately she is "destined to help the destined one fulfill their destiny" which pretty much means do all the real work except for the final blow so the prophecy isn't technically wrong.

Source: Common Mary Sue Traits

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