proactive
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficultyActing in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.
» We've got to be more proactive.
Meaning
1 sensesActing in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.
We can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.
proaktiv
проактивныйproaktivnyj, упреждающийupreždajuščij
проактивнийproaktyvnyj, запобігливийzapobihlyvyj
- (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
- descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
Examples
27 sentencesWe've got to be more proactive.
Tom is being proactive.
You have to be proactive.
We have to be proactive.
Are you proactive?
Translations
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Origin
From pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psycFrom pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatrist Viktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.
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Forms
more proactive, most proactive| Comparative | more proactive Lesson |
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| Superlative | most proactive Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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