what is the meaning of the word "procative"??

Question

plz post in a sensible answer!!

Answer 1

I can't tell if you mean "provocative" or "proactive".

A provocative thing is one that provokes a reaction, often a feeling of anger or lust, but a provocative question can be one that provokes thought and discussion.

A proactive approach is one that foresees a possible future result and tries to avert or achieve it. It is the opposite of reactive, which notices a past result and tries to compensate for it or build on it.

Answer 2

Procative means acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory.
For example:- proactive steps to prevent terrorism.

Answer 3

This is what I could find for procative.

PROACTIVE: The word proactive was originally coined by the psychiatrist Victor Frankl in his book Man's Search for Meaning to describe a person who took responsibility for his or her life, rather than looking for causes in outside circumstances or other people. Much of this theory was formed in Nazi concentration camps where Frankl lost his wife, mother, father and family, but decided that even under the worst circumstances, people can make and find meaning.

The term was popularized in the business press in Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Though he used the word in Frankl's original sense, the word has come to mean "to act before a situation becomes a source of confrontation or crisis" vs. after the fact. It is frequently misused to mean simply "active" the opposite of passive.

In behavioral medicine, proactive often refers to a treatment approach where a therapist initiates contacts as opposed to reactive where the responsibility for contacts with the therapist is entirely on the client e.g. proactive and reactive quitlines for tobacco or alcohol.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proactive"


PROVOCATIVE: Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

Answer 4

i think u r searching for the word "proactive"

proactive

Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
"proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference"

(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

Answer 5

Proactive or provocative?

Proactive

Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory: proactive steps to prevent conflict.

Provocative

Tantalising, in a manner designed to arouse strong feelings.

Answer 6

Proactive means to deal with a problem in advance.

Answer 7

if its proactive ,it means ready for action before the problem comes

if its provocative ,it means something that arouses a person sexually

Answer 8

It means more than active. No, I'm not trying to be a smart alec. It's when you go out of your way to be more active usually in an athletic sense.

Answer 9

well....it ain't in Merriam Webster, so kind of hard to offer a meaning for it.

In favor of cative? Antonym would be anticative?

Answer 10

pro-active means professionally active. u know what r ur job profile and actively and professionally persue it