desk

desk: noun

1 type of table

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, huge, large, massive

▪ executive

▪ small

▪ leather-topped, metal, wooden

▪ mahogany, oak, etc.

▪ antique

▪ empty

▪ The empty desk suggested she had already gone home.

▪ cluttered, messy, untidy (esp. BrE)

▪ writing

▪ computer

▪ office, school

VERB + DESK

▪ sit at

▪ get up from, leave

▪ He got up from his desk and went to the window.

▪ clean, clean out, clear

▪ My desk gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day.

▪ arrive on, cross, hit, land on

▪ A very strange request landed on my desk this morning.

▪ cover, litter

▪ Papers littered the desk and the floor.

DESK + NOUN

▪ drawer, top

▪ calendar (esp. AmE), diary (BrE)

▪ chair, lamp, phone

▪ space

▪ a computer which takes up less desk space

▪ job

▪ jockey (= someone who works at a desk) (AmE, informal)

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the desk

▪ He was sitting at his desk working when we got home.

▪ behind a/the desk

▪ The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview.

▪ on a/the desk

▪ I left the file on your desk.

2 place in a building where a service is provided

ADJECTIVE

▪ front, main, reception

▪ Leave your valuables at the reception desk.

▪ hotel

▪ cash (BrE), check-in, help, information, reference, registration, security, service, support (esp. AmE), trading

▪ She paid for the book at the cash desk.

▪ Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help desk.

▪ news

▪ anchor (= where a television presenter sits) (AmE), copy (= where news text is edited) (AmE)

VERB + DESK

▪ call

▪ She called the front desk to let them know that he would be arriving.

▪ man, run, work (AmE)

▪ I worked the front desk as one of my first jobs.

DESK + NOUN

▪ clerk (AmE), officer, staff

▪ editor

▪ duty

▪ They put me on desk duty for a month.

PREPOSITION

▪ at the … desk

▪ There was a long wait at the check-in desk.

▪ on the … desk

▪ We asked the man on the information desk for a map of the city.

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desk — /desk/, n. 1. an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc. 2. a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church. 3. a pulpit … Universalium
desk — [ dɛsk ] n. m. • mil. XXe; autre sens 1866; mot angl. « bureau, pupitre » ♦ Anglic. Secrétariat de rédaction (d une agence de presse, d un journal, d une chaîne de télévision, d une station de radio). Un desk central. ● desk nom masculin (anglais … Encyclopédie Universelle
desk — [ desk ] noun *** 1. ) count a table that you sit at to write or work, often with drawers in it: an oak desk I m usually at my desk by nine o clock in the morning. 2. ) singular a place that provides information or a service, for example in a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
desk — [desk] n. [ME deske < ML desca, a table, ult. < L discus: see DISCUS] 1. a piece of furniture equipped with drawers, compartments, etc., and a flat or sloping top for writing, drawing, or reading 2. a lectern 3. a) the post of a clerk,… … English World dictionary
desk — W2S2 [desk] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: desca, from Latin discus dish, disk ] 1.) a piece of furniture like a table, usually with drawers in it, that you sit at to write and work ▪ Marie was sitting at her desk. 2.) a place… … Dictionary of contemporary English
desk — /desk/ noun 1. a writing table in an office, usually with drawers for stationery ● a desk diary ● a desk drawer ● a desk light ♦ a three drawer desk desk with three drawers 2. a section of a newspaper … Dictionary of banking and finance
desk — /desk/ noun a writing table in an office, usually with drawers for stationery ● a desk diary ● a desk drawer ● a desk light … Marketing dictionary in english
Desk — Desk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desking}.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
desk — dȅsk m <N mn dèskovi> DEFINICIJA 1. publ. prostor u uredništvu ili dio uredništva u kojem se pregledaju i obrađuju za objavljivanje prispjele vijesti i drugi tekstovi [radi u desku] 2. posebni ured, ob. pri vladi zadužen za komunikaciju s… … Hrvatski jezični portal
desk — /desk/ noun (C) 1 a piece of furniture like a table, usually with drawers in it, that you sit at to write and work 2 a place where you can get information in a hotel, airport etc: the check in desk 3 an office that deals with a particular subject … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
desk*/*/*/ — [desk] noun 1) [C] a table that you sit at to write or work, often with drawers in it 2) [singular] a place that provides information or a service, for example in a hotel the information desk[/ex] 3) [singular] a particular department of an… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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