proactive

Thân thiện

A proactive student prepares for the exam a week in advance.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens: Describes a person, policy, or action that anticipates future problems, needs, or changes and takes action to address them in advance.
   • Having an effect on subsequent events or processes: Used in psychology to describe a stimulus or process that influences later ones, often hindering them.

Usage Examples

• General Usage:
  • The company's proactive approach to customer service prevented many complaints.
  • She is very proactive; she always finishes her tasks well before the deadline.
• Psychology/Scientific Usage:
  • The study measured the effects of proactive interference on memory recall.

Advanced Usage

• "to be proactive about something": To take initiative and act in advance regarding a specific matter.
  • You need to be more proactive about your career development.
• "proactive measures": Actions taken in advance to prevent a problem.
  • The city took proactive measures by reinforcing the levees before the storm season.

Variants and Related Words

• Proactively (adverb): In a proactive manner.
  • He acted proactively to secure the necessary funding.
• Proactivity (noun): The quality of being proactive.
  • Her proactivity was recognized with a promotion.

Synonyms

• Forward-thinking: Planning for or considering the future.
• Anticipatory: Done or acting in anticipation of something.
• Preventive: Designed to stop something undesirable from happening.

Antonyms

• Reactive: Acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it.
• Passive: Accepting or allowing what happens without active response or resistance.

Related Phrases

• Take the initiative: To be the first to take action in a situation.
  • A good leader knows when to take the initiative.
• Stay ahead of the curve: To anticipate and prepare for future developments.
  • Their research department helps the company stay ahead of the curve.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (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
2. 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