Beginning and Would-be

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

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

Nearby Words: begin, beginner

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

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

The beginning showed a Venus airliner getting hijacked (with Spike and Faye dispatching the would-be terrorists).

Source: Missing Episode / Anime and Manga
Interestingly, at the very beginning, he gets a letter from a would-be superhero calling himself Johnny Snow.

Source: Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain / Web Original
The would-be wedding dress at the beginning of Enchanted, and another one that shows up at the end.

Source: Fairytale Wedding Dress

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