workaround

See also: work around

English

Alternative forms

• work-around

Etymology

work +‎ around

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.əɹaʊnd/

Noun

workaround (plural workarounds)

1. A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints.
   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     More significantly, rigid deference to Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.

2. (computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows the user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.

   Synonyms: kludge, kluge

3. (project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.

Synonyms

• (temporary solution): see Thesaurus:workaround

Translations

a means of overcoming some obstacle

• French: solution (fr) f
• Portuguese: contornar (pt)
• Russian: обходное решение n (obxodnoje rešenije)
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• Serbo-Croatian: rješenje (sh) n, alternativno rješenje, zaobilazno rješenje
• Spanish: elución (es) f, solución alternativa m

(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix

• French: contournement (fr) m
• German: Workaround (de) m
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(project management) an impromptu and temporary response

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} paliativo (es) m
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