city desk

cit·y desk

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sit-ee desk]
- /ˈsɪt i dɛsk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sit-ee desk]
- /ˈsɪt i dɛsk/

Definitions of city desk words

noun city desk the department of a newspaper office dealing with financial and commercial news 3
noun city desk the department of a newspaper office dealing with local news 3
noun city desk a newspaper department responsible for editing local news. 1
noun city desk Also, City desk. British. the department of a newspaper handling financial news. 1

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Origin of city desk

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1900-05

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Parts of speech for City desk

noun

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adverb

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city desk popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

city desk usage trend in Literature

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