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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.