单词 | proact |
释义 | proactv. intransitive. To take proactive measures; to act in advance, to anticipate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand pre-act1655 foreact1757 proact1956 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > occur earlier or go before [verb (intransitive)] > act in advance or anticipate to be beforehand with1574 to take time, opportunity, etc. by the forelock1589 proact1956 1956 Sociometry 19 9 The data suggests that men pro-act..and women tend more to react to the contributions of others. 1980 Times 3 Nov. 16/3 We anticipate, we plan, we pro-act rather than react to change. 2002 R. H. Lowson Strategic Operations Managem. i. ii. 34 It is only living systems that can cope with their environment using predictive models to anticipate and proact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1956 |
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