paperwork
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From paper + work.
Compound parts: paper
work
Inflected forms:
form: paperworks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paper work
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: paper-work
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Routine work involving written documents.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: do paperwork
gloss: Written documents.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed.
gloss: Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
pos: noun
tags: also
excessive
figuratively
uncountable
usually
gloss: Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
uncountable
usually
examples: to have bad paperwork
gloss: A work in paper.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […]
However, except for few experimental paperworks by Jackson Pollock on paper made by Douglass Howell and occasional prints, usually woodcuts or wood engravings on Japanese paper, it is only in the late 1950s and early 1960s that editions of prints on beautiful handmade papers began appearing, published by Tatyana Grosman at the Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island.
In listing dimensions for the paperworks, height precedes width, followed by depth; and dimensions for multi-unit pieces are for the entire work.
Rob Moore is nationally and internationally known for his painting and for his paperworks.
His [Joseph Roberson’s] cast sculptural paperworks have been exhibited extensively in the United States, as well as in Thailand and Vietnam.
Having practised as a sculptor and ceramicist for many years, I became more and more interested in paperworks and artist’s books.
Please wait for me outside, I’ll need to carry all these paperworks to my house.
I opened the drawers, and there were all these paper maquettes for larger folded paperworks.
Synonyms: administrativia
administrivia
Related words: paperworks
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: писмена работа
roman: pismena rabota
lang: Catalan
word: paperassa
lang: Catalan
word: paperada
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 文書工作 /文书工作
roman: wénshū gōngzuò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 公文處理 /公文处理
roman: gōngwén chǔlǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 文書處理 /文书处理
roman: wénshū chǔlǐ
lang: Esperanto
word: paperoj
lang: Finnish
word: paperityöt
lang: Finnish
word: paperisota
lang: French
word: tâches administratives
lang: German
word: Schreibarbeit
lang: German
word: Papierkram
lang: Indonesian
word: kertas kerja
lang: Italian
word: lavoro di documentazione
lang: Japanese
word: 事務処理
roman: jimushori
lang: Japanese
word: 文書業務
roman: monjo gyōmu
lang: Malay
word: kertas kerja
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: papirarbeid
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: papirarbeid
lang: Occitan
word: paperalha
lang: Polish
word: papierkowa robota
lang: Polish
word: papierologia
lang: Portuguese
word: papelada
lang: Russian
word: канцеля́рская рабо́та
roman: kanceljárskaja rabóta
lang: Russian
word: делопроизво́дство
roman: deloproizvódstvo
lang: Spanish
word: papeleo
lang: Swedish
word: pappersarbete
lang: Swedish
word: pappersjobb