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self-starter

[ self-stahr-ter ]

noun

  1. Informal. a person who begins work or undertakes a project on their own initiative, without needing to be told or encouraged to do so.


self-starter

noun

  1. the former name for a starter
  2. a person who is strongly motivated and shows initiative, esp at work
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of self-starter1

First recorded in 1890–95
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She’s a natural, a self-starter, a quick learner, a hard bargainer, a mistress of disguise — really just putting on a wig, some good clothes and a posh British or American accent.

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Still, Swift, her team, and the media have successfully branded the singer as a self-starter.

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Instead, Shlaes gives impressionistic sketches of “self-starters” who made good during the New Deal, and offers those as evidence that FDR’s programs were unnecessary.

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So when you croon the lines, you need to both gently guide them so they’re not intimidated, but also motivate them to be an independent self-starter.

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He tells his safeties and nickels to be “self-starters,” players who feel energized by the opponent, no matter who it is.

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