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PROACTIVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does proactive mean?

• PROACTIVE (adjective)
The adjective PROACTIVE has 2 senses:

1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
2. (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

Familiarity information: PROACTIVE used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PROACTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

Context examples:

proactive inhibition / proactive interference

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

retroactive (descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously)

Sense 2

proactive ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

(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

Similar:

active (disposed to take action or effectuate change)

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