workaround

See also: work around

English

Alternative forms

• work-around

Etymology

work +‎ around

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːk.əɹaʊnd/

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^[1], 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

• 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: elución (es) f, solución alternativa m, ajuste (es) m, arreglo (es) m

(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

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Translations to be checked

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

Further reading

• workaround on Wikipedia.Wikipedia