proactive

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolprecavida preventiva proactivo

Françaisproactif proactive

Deutschproaktiv

14 more languages

العربيةاستباق الْأَحْدَاث وقائي

Češtinaproaktivní

Suomiennakoiva etupainotteinen proaktiivinen

Italianoproattivo

日本語先取りした

한국어주도적

Nederlandsproactief

Portuguêsproativo

Русскийпроактивный упреждающий

Svenskaförebyggande proaktiv

ไทยการป้องกัน

Türkçeilerici

Українськапроактивний

Examples

“We can deal ⟳ with each problem as it pops up, or we can take ⟳ a proactive stance and try ⟳ to prevent ⟳ future problems.”

“Staff are also proactive in approaching any passengers looking as though they need ⟳ assistance, rather than waiting to be approached.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

proadaptive proadhesive proadipocytic proadipogenic proadministration proadoption

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