PROACTIVE


Meaning of PROACTIVE in English

/ ˌprəʊˈæktɪv; NAmE ˌproʊ-/ adjective

( of a person or policy ) controlling a situation by making things happen rather than waiting for things to happen and then reacting to them

—compare reactive

►  pro·active·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.