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doing something to influence or make changes happen and being prepared for change to happen:
• For our guarantee to be effective, our employees had to adopt a more proactive attitude toward service.
— proactively adverb :• Management will deal with all suggestions as proactively as possible, regardless of their source.
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proactive UK US /ˌprəʊˈæktɪv/ adjective► taking action to make changes yourself rather than reacting to things that happen: »Making senior executives more accountable will also make them more proactive.
»a proactive approach/role/stance
»proactive measures/policies/proposals
proactive in doing sth »The insurance industry should be more proactive in dealing with the increasing problem of insurance fraud.
proactive about sth »""Employees need to be proactive about their workplace rights,"" said one union official.
proactively /ˌprəʊˈæktɪvli/ adverb► »Stakeholders should proactively discuss an organization's goals and objectives.
Financial and business terms. 2012.