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WIP

WIP is the initialism of work in progress.

WIP is the initialism of work in process.

Meaning of work in progress

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) Work that has been started, but is not complete.
    • All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress.
  2. (countable) A project that has been started but is not complete.
    • Reorganizing my office is a work in progress.
  3. (countable) Something that is in the process of improving.
    • 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.2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
  4. (uncountable) 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.
    Synonyms:
    work in process

Meaning of work in process

Noun

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

  1. Synonym of work in progress.

Forms of WIP

pluralWIPs

Phrases with WIP

Questions about WIP

What is WIP the initialism of?
WIP is the initialism of work in progress.

Words near WIP in the dictionary

  1. Winzers
  2. winzes
  3. Wion
  4. Wions
  5. Wionzek
  6. WIP
  7. wip mill
  8. wip mills
  9. wipable
  10. wipe
  11. wipe away

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: WIP (page history and authors); work in progress (page history and authors); work in process (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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