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Meaning of proactive in English
Pronunciation
/proʊˈæktɪv/
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Classifying Adjective
proactive
Definitions
1.
(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
Synonyms
active
Qualitative Adjective
proactive
Etymology
1930s: from pro- (denoting earlier occurrence), on the pattern of reactive
Definitions
1.
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
Examples
« proactive inhibition »
« proactive interference »
Antonyms
retroactive