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can-do

(kăn′do͞o′)

adj. Informal

Marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done: "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit" (Christian Science Monitor).

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can-do

adj

confident and resourceful in the face of challenges: a can-do attitude.

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can′-do′

Informal. adj.

1. marked by purposefulness and efficiency.

2. the quality of being efficient and enthusiastic.

[1900–05]

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Adj.

can-do - marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done; "a can-do kind of person"; "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit"

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

dynamic, dynamical - characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"

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can-do

[ˌkænˈduː] ADJ (US) [person, organization] → dinámico

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This is what we call the CAN-DO solution--Community And Neighborhood Development Opportunities.

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On fathers: "Without life-affirming love, art, and actions, without supervised discipline and study, without loud examples of can-do, must-do possibilities and daily diets of father-love vitamins, the Tupacs and Biggies will multiply and the nation's prisons will seem like vacation spots to refresh and regroup."