PROACTIVE


Meaning of PROACTIVE in English

■ adjective creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it.

Derivatives

proaction noun

~ly adverb

proactivity noun

Origin

1930s: from pro- 2 (denoting earlier occurrence), on the pattern of reactive .

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