workflow

noun

work·​flow ˈwərk-ˌflō 

variants or less commonly work flow

: the sequence of steps involved in moving from the beginning to the end of a working process

improving office workflow

… this new upgrade isn't revolutionary. But it does a fine job of streamlining workflow and getting the business done.

—Sally Wiener Grotta

The site automates and tracks workflow as well. For example, when a subcontractor fills out a request for information, it goes directly to the general contractor, who signs off on it. The request then travels to the architect, then back to the subcontractor.

—Lawrence Stevens

Examples of workflow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not Being Strategic About Appliance Placement Now is the time to mix up the placement of your appliances and create a workflow that's logical. —Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026

On the top floor, the most complex cases involve drastic workflow changes that would speed up the development of a new product or uncover a new pricing strategy or competitive analysis research that hadn’t yet been explored using AI. —John Kell, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026

Framestore’s layered shading system was among the first to enable its users to generate novel, realistic appearances in a modular workflow by combining material layers in a physically plausible fashion. —Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026

At Mount Sinai, that shift has meant focusing less on algorithms themselves and more on adoption and trust—trying to create trust with health-care workers and fitting new tools into the workflow. —Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for workflow

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau