workaround

See also: work around

English

Alternative forms

• work-around

Etymology

From work +‎ around.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.əɹaʊnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

workaround (plural workarounds)

1. A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 6 August 2020:

     More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] 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 a 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 temporary means of overcoming some obstacle

Dutch: tijdelijke oplossing Finnish: viritys (fi), temppu (fi) French: solution (fr) f, bidouillage (fr) m, magouillage (fr) f, trucage (fr) m Italian: espediente (it) m, trucco (it) m, stratagemma (it) m, marchingegno (it) m Polish: obejście (pl) n Portuguese: contornar (pt), ajuste (pt) m Russian: обходное решение n (obxodnoje rešenije), трюк (ru) m (trjuk) Serbo-Croatian: rješenje (sh) n, alternativno rješenje, zaobilazno rješenje Spanish: elusión (es) f, solución alternativa f, ajuste (es) m, arreglo (es) m, paliativo (es) m, método alterno m, circunvalación (es) f, baipás (es) m, puenteo (es) m, acomodación (es) f, burla (es) f, circunvenimiento m, rebusque (es) m, contorneo (es) m, solución temporánea f, solución temporaria f

(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix

Finnish: väliaikainen korjaus French: contournement (fr) m German: Workaround (de) m Italian: workaround m Polish: obejście (pl) n Russian: костыль (ru) m (kostylʹ), хак (ru) m (xak)

(project management) an impromptu and temporary response

Italian: scappatoia (it) f Polish: obejście (pl) n

Further reading

• workaround on Wikipedia.Wikipedia