Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who displays an unusual amount of initiative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand; -- called also a
starter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who shows
initiative andresourcefulness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an energetic person with unusual initiative
- noun an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you aren't disciplined and a self-starter then working from home is a bad idea.
Grant Cardone: Work from Home Successfully Grant Cardone 2010
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If you aren't disciplined and a self-starter then working from home is a bad idea.
Grant Cardone: Work From Home Successfully Grant Cardone 2010
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Some needed traits include being a self-starter, not getting intimidated easily, being adaptable to change, enjoying competition, being able to address risk, making decisions quickly, and not seeing mistakes as failures.
Marc Joseph: Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur? Marc Joseph 2012
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The company says it “would be elated to have a personable, motivated self-starter such as yourself join our team of merry pornstars.”
Will Ferrell First Guest On “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” 2010
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Some needed traits include being a self-starter, not getting intimidated easily, being adaptable to change, enjoying competition, being able to address risk, making decisions quickly, and not seeing mistakes as failures.
Marc Joseph: Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur? Marc Joseph 2012
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Psych will return in the fall, and has proven to be a pretty good self-starter, so I wouldn't fret.
Ask Matt: Crime-Show Upheavals, Dancing and Killing and More! 2011
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- Kettering's self-starter -- was not invented until 1915, after American dominance in autos was already well-established.
Carl Pope: China Should Play by the Rules, and America Should Play to Win Carl Pope 2011
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- Kettering's self-starter -- was not invented until 1915, after American dominance in autos was already well-established.
Carl Pope: China Should Play by the Rules, and America Should Play to Win Carl Pope 2011
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- Kettering's self-starter -- was not invented until 1915, after American dominance in autos was already well-established.
Carl Pope: China Should Play by the Rules, and America Should Play to Win Carl Pope 2011
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You make a good point that Lights Out is hampered by having to be a self-starter and might have benefited by riding Justified's promotional coat tails and premiering a few weeks later.
Ask Matt: Good Wife, Fringe, Downton Abbey, Community Roger Ebert & More 2011
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