proactive

Adjective
  1. Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently (synset 302602462)
    "proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference"
    referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
  2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens (synset 300039507)
    similar to: active - disposed to take action or effectuate change

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