work in progress

See also: work-in-progress

English

Alternative forms

work-in-progress (adjective)

Noun

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

(uncountable) Work that has been started, but is not complete.
All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress.
(countable) A project that has been started but is not complete.
Reorganizing my office is a work in progress.
- 2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:
  They remain a work in progress but in a match many felt would see the new Arsenal's flaws exposed, Emery and his players can regard this as a highly satisfactory result and performance.
(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 a standard of completeness or perfection.
This online dictionary is a work in progress.

Synonyms

work in process

Hypernyms

work

Translations

work

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

German: laufende Arbeiten, in Bearbeitung
Spanish: trabajando 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