Usually means: Anticipating and initiating action early.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word proactive:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. proactive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. proactive: Merriam-Webster
  3. proactive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. proactive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. proactive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. proactive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Proactive, proactive: Wordnik
  8. proactive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. proactive: Wiktionary
  10. proactive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. proactive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. proactive: Dictionary.com
  13. ProActive, Proactive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. proactive: Rhymezone
  15. proactive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. proactive: FreeDictionary.org
  17. proactive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Proactive: The Word Detective
  19. proactive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. proactive: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Dictionary of Management Jargon (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proactive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proactive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proactive: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See proactives as well.)

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

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