Associations to the word «Proactive»

Wiktionary

PROACTIVE, adjective. Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Dictionary definition

PROACTIVE, adjective. Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently; "proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference".
PROACTIVE, adjective. (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.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke