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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • self-starting adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-starter1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Enough of your threatening to be a self-starter; now marks a turning point when you either do it or shut it.

Seth Rogen (April 15, 1982) Aries self-starter Rogen began doing standup at 12, and he wrote a draft of Superbad at 13.

He smiled a little derisively, stepped on the self-starter, and shot the car at the long hill down which the boys had just come.

Pressing the self-starter, the chauffeur soon had his machine gliding along.

"Yes, I'll back if Dick will only give me room," muttered Tom, as he pressed the lever of the self-starter.

In those days the self-starter was unknown, but Martin found he could start the heated engine without any difficulty.

Will puts iron into your blood, tightens up your vertebrate and makes you "a self-starter."

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