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proactive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective proactive has 2 senses
- proactive(a = adj.all) Array - descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently; "proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference" Antonym: retroactive
- proactive(s = adj.all) Array - (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; Array
OXFORD DICTIONARY
proactive, adj.
1 (of a person, policy, etc.) creating or controlling a situation by taking the initiative.
2 of or relating to mental conditioning or a habit etc. which has been learned.
1 (of a person, policy, etc.) creating or controlling a situation by taking the initiative.
2 of or relating to mental conditioning or a habit etc. which has been learned.
Derivative
proaction n. proactively adv. proactivity n.
Etymology
PRO-(2), after REACTIVE
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