Definition of Can-do

1. Adjective. Marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done. "The city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit"

Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Similar to: Dynamic, Dynamical

Definition of Can-do

1. Adjective. (informal) confident and willing to get a job done. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Can-do

camwood
camwoods
camylofine
can'st
can't
can't've
can't get enough
can't help
can't seem
can't stand
can't wait
can-can
can-do (current term)
can-opener
can-openers
can I buy you a drink
can I come in
can I use your phone
can buoy
can buoys
can do with
can do without
can haz
can hook
can hooks
can it
can man

Literary usage of Can-do

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"Here is a fruit union in the State, which certainly can have some members, even of each locality; it certainly can do some good for any locality, because, ..."

2. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1905)
"Let me close, then, by briefly enumerating what she can do for religion. If she will abandon metaphysics and deduction for criticism and induction, ..."

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