work in progress

English

Alternative forms

• work-in-progress

Noun

work in progress (countable and uncountable; plural works in progress)

1. (uncountable) Work that has been commenced, but is not complete.

   All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress.

2. (countable) A project that has been commenced but is not complete.

   Reorganizing my office is a work in progress.

3. (uncountable, accounting) A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process.

   Work in progress has dramatically declined due to reduced production cycle times.

Usage notes

• Often used as an apology for something not meeting some kind of standard of completeness or perfection.

Synonyms

• work in process

Translations

work

• Dutch: werk in uitvoering (nl)
• Finnish: kesken (fi) (adverb)

• German: laufende Arbeiten (de), in Bearbeitung (de)
• Spanish: trabanjando en ello (es)

project

• Finnish: keskeneräinen työ (fi); kesken (fi) (adverb)

accounting: value of unfinished goods

• Finnish: keskeneräinen tuotanto (fi)

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• French: travail en cours (fr) (1 and 2)

• Italian: lavori in corso (it)
• Spanish: trabajando en ello (es)

See also

• beta