proact

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ act. Probable back-formation from proactive.

Verb

proact (third-person singular simple present proacts, present participle proacting, simple past and past participle proacted)

1. To take action in advance of an expected event
   • 1979, Ichak Adizes, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis‎, →ISBN, page 88:

     An (E)-style manager, on the other hand, will proact. He will try to imagine where the ball is going to land and go there and get ready to hit it.

Synonyms

• anticipate
• feedforward

Antonyms

• react

Derived terms

• proactor

Related terms

• proactive
• proactivity

Anagrams

• captor, cartop