Beginning and Main

Beginning

Beginning adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.

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Main and beginning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Main" instead an adjective "Beginning".

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Beginning and main are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beginning" instead an adjective "Main".

Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

original	original beginning	original main
rough	rough beginning	rough main

In Anansi Boys, by the end of the book, the two main characters have switched many main personality traits, and the endings you would assume from the beginning.

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Except she's only been the main leader since the beginning of the game; Peach sealed her older sister away offscreen at the very beginning of the game.

Source: Predecessor Villain
All of Spring is an extended tutorial, and one of the main criticisms of this game is that almost the entire beginning is incredibly slow.

Source: Video Game / Harvest Moon: A New Beginning

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