-to-be and Would-be

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Would-be and -to-be are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Would-be" instead an adjective phrase "-to-be".

Would-be adjective - Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.

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-to-be and would-be are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "-to-be" instead an adjective phrase "Would-be".

The sheer horror of this was what prompted would-be Admiral Aokiji to spare Robin, and the ship that sank it was commanded by Aokiji's fellow Admiral-to-be, the Knight Templar Akainu/Sakazuki.

Source: Sink the Lifeboats
Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex: Tyra and Landry after her would-be-rapist's murder.

Source: Series / Friday Night Lights

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