Beginning and Potential

Beginning

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

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Potential and beginning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Potential" instead the word "Beginning" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

Potential adjective - Existing only as a possibility and not in fact.

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Beginning and potential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beginning" instead the word "Potential" as an adjective or a noun.

good	good beginning	good potential
full	full beginning	full potential
similar	similar beginning	similar potential
true	true beginning	true potential
Other adjectives: proper, actual, definite, real, great, huge, magical.

And eating stars is only the beginning; Dark Phoenix had the potential to destroy the entire universe, and in some alternate continuities it did.

Source: Planet Eater
In the first season of Merlin, especially towards the beginning, the writers set up Prince Arthur and the Lady Morgana as having a potential romantic relationship.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Live-Action TV
Within the first hour of the two meeting in the beginning of the game, multiple hints are dropped over and over and not leaving much of a potential surprise for the player.

Source: Captain Obvious Reveal

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