"proact" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "react"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "act"
      },
      "expansion": "pro- + act",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pro- + act. Probable back-formation from proactive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proacts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proact (third-person singular simple present proacts, present participle proacting, simple past and past participle proacted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with pro-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "proactor"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, Ichak Adizes, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis, →ISBN, page 88:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take action in advance of an expected event"
      ],
      "id": "en-proact-en-verb-IvnNVix-",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "proactive"
        },
        {
          "word": "proactivity"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anticipate"
        },
        {
          "word": "feedforward"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proact"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "react"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "proactor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "act"
      },
      "expansion": "pro- + act",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pro- + act. Probable back-formation from proactive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proacts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proacted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proact (third-person singular simple present proacts, present participle proacting, simple past and past participle proacted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "proactive"
    },
    {
      "word": "proactivity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with pro-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, Ichak Adizes, How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis, →ISBN, page 88:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take action in advance of an expected event"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "anticipate"
    },
    {
      "word": "feedforward"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proact"
}