desk

CEFRA1

/dɛsk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A table used for writing, working, or using a computer.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.

Examples

  • I spend all day sitting at a desk.

  • Clear up your desk a bit.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.

  2. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

  3. A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

More examples

In context

  • Your book is on the desk.

  • He sat at his desk for hours, trying to finish the report.

  • She organized her notes neatly on her desk before starting the project.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She placed the stack of papers on her wooden blank by the window.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. See also German Tisch, "table".