School busing and taking a proactive stance against discrimination were hotly debated topics.
Source: tatoeba (2019916)
Proactive
//pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv//
Synonyms for "proactive" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (2)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- استباق الْأَحْدَاث adj (acting in advance)
- وِقَائِيّ adj (acting in advance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 主動 /主动 adj (acting in advance)
- 積極 /积极 adj (acting in advance)
Czech
1 entries- proaktivní adj (acting in advance)
Danish
1 entries- proaktiv adj (acting in advance)
Dutch
1 entries- proactief adj (acting in advance)
Finnish
2 entries- ennakoiva adj (acting in advance)
- proaktiivinen adj (acting in advance)
French
1 entries- proactif adj (acting in advance)
German
1 entries- proaktiv adj (acting in advance)
Greek
1 entries- προενεργός adj (acting in advance)
Hungarian
2 entries- előrelátó adj (acting in advance)
- proaktív adj (acting in advance)
Italian
1 entries- proattivo adj (acting in advance)
Japanese
1 entries- 先取りした adj (acting in advance)
Korean
1 entries- 주도적 adj (acting in advance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- proaktiv adj (acting in advance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- proaktiv adj (acting in advance)
Occitan
1 entries- proactiu adj (acting in advance)
Persian
1 entries- پیش فعال adj (acting in advance)
Portuguese
1 entries- proativo adj (acting in advance)
Romanian
1 entries- proactiv adj (acting in advance)
Russian
2 entries- проактивный adj (acting in advance)
- упреждающий adj (acting in advance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- proaktivan adj (acting in advance)
Spanish
3 entries- precavida adj (acting in advance)
- preventiva adj (acting in advance)
- proactivo adj (acting in advance)
Swedish
2 entries- förebyggande adj (acting in advance)
- proaktiv adj (acting in advance)
Telugu
1 entries- ముందెత్తున adj (acting in advance)
Thai
1 entries- การป้องกัน adj (acting in advance)
Turkish
1 entries- ilerici adj (acting in advance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- запобігливий adj (acting in advance)
- проактивний adj (acting in advance)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The government is being urged to take a proactive approach to reducing carbon emissions.
Source: tatoeba (2844445)
You need to be proactive.
Source: tatoeba (3010266)
We need to be proactive.
Source: tatoeba (3010267)
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