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proactive

Pronunciation: /prəʊˈaktɪv/
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Definition of proactive

adjective

  • (of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened:employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay

Derivatives

proaction

Pronunciation: /-ˈakʃ(ə)n/
noun

proactively

adverb

proactivity

Pronunciation: /-ˈtɪvɪti/
noun

Origin:

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

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