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- [desk]
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- /desk/
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- [desk]
- /dɛsk/
Definitions of desk word
- countable noun desk A desk is a table, often with drawers, which you sit at to write or work. 3
- singular noun desk The place in a hotel, hospital, airport, or other building where you check in or obtain information is referred to as a particular desk. 3
- singular noun desk A particular department of a broadcasting company, or of a newspaper or magazine company, can be referred to as a particular desk. 3
- noun desk a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments 3
- noun desk a service counter or table in a public building, such as a hotel 3
- noun desk a support, lectern, or book rest for the book from which services are read in a church 3
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Origin of desk
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English deske < Medieval Latin desca, descus desk, lectern, probably < a Romance-influenced form of Latin discus discus; cf. dais, dish, Medieval Latin discus refectory table
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Parts of speech for Desk
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adjective
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pronoun
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desk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
desk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for desk
noun desk
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.
- workspace — space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.
adjective desk
- deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
- sitting — the act of a person or thing that sits.
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
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