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proacting

proacting is the present participle and gerund of proact.

Meaning of proact

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
    • 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.1979, Ichak Adizes, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis, →ISBN, page 88

Questions about proacting

What is proacting the present participle and gerund of?
Proacting is the present participle and gerund of proact.

Words near proacting in the dictionary

  1. proacrosome
  2. proacrosomes
  3. proacrosomic
  4. proact
  5. proacted
  6. proacting
  7. proaction
  8. proactions
  9. proactive
  10. proactively
  11. proactiveness

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