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
• Finnish: kesken (fi) (adverb)

• German: laufende Arbeiten, in Bearbeitung
• Spanish: trabanjando en ello

project

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

accounting: value of unfinished goods

• Finnish: keskeneräinen tuotanto

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} travail en cours (1 and 2)

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} lavori in corso
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} trabajando en ello

§See also

• beta