adjective. Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory.

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

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

adjective. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

"So her campaign has been trying what it calls a proactive effort to fix problems with committee reports it filed with the State Board of Elections, performing a voluntary audit of her campaign finances and forfeiting donations that had a whiff of potential illegality."

reactive  

active  

proact  proactor  

proactively  proactiveness  proactivity  

active  attractive  hyperactive  inactive  interactive  

bipartisan  collaborative  confrontational  constructive  corrective  

anticipatory  forward-looking