workaround
a method for solving a problem
TRANSLATION
workaround = die Abhilfe, die Notlösung, der Behelf --- GOOGLE INDEX workaround: approximately 17,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
We have a WORKAROUND for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users who lost cellular service today after updating to iOS.
(BBC News)
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Many Republican lawmakers are seeking a WORKAROUND to the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011, also known as sequestration, which would slash $54 billion from the Defense Department’s budget.
(Al Jazeera America)
(BBC News)
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Many Republican lawmakers are seeking a WORKAROUND to the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011, also known as sequestration, which would slash $54 billion from the Defense Department’s budget.
(Al Jazeera America)
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workaround
noun
- a method for overcoming a problem or limitation in a program or system
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Around is a multi-purpose adverb and preposition found in numerous idioms, phrases and expressions. The Random House Dictionary lists almost 30 definitions.
Many of these have something to do with direction, such as on all sides (They installed a fence around the garden), in all directions from a centre point of reference (The company owned property for miles around the town) or in a circular direction (Just drive around the block)
Others are related to location or presence (I'll be around the office until lunchtime) or approximation (The company has around 1,000 employees).
In the case of the noun workaround, which actually stems from the verbal phrase to "work around," it refers to bypassing something, such as in going around something to avoid it. So a workaround is a way to go around an existing problem in order to find a solution for it.
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"The team found a workaround by the end of the day."
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noun
- a method for overcoming a problem or limitation in a program or system
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Around is a multi-purpose adverb and preposition found in numerous idioms, phrases and expressions. The Random House Dictionary lists almost 30 definitions.
Many of these have something to do with direction, such as on all sides (They installed a fence around the garden), in all directions from a centre point of reference (The company owned property for miles around the town) or in a circular direction (Just drive around the block)
Others are related to location or presence (I'll be around the office until lunchtime) or approximation (The company has around 1,000 employees).
In the case of the noun workaround, which actually stems from the verbal phrase to "work around," it refers to bypassing something, such as in going around something to avoid it. So a workaround is a way to go around an existing problem in order to find a solution for it.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The team found a workaround by the end of the day."
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Thanks to Volker for suggesting today's word!
