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Words with a similar base: proactive

'proactive'

[proactive.a.01] as in: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

Examples:
proactive inhibition
proactive interference

'proactive'

[proactive.s.01] as in: (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

Origins

					proactive (English)
├── active (English)
│   └── actif (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── actif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── activus (Latin)
└── pro- (English)
    ├── pro (Latin)
    └── πρό (Ancient Greek (to 1453))