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desk

US /dɛsk/

noun Core · B1 Văn phòng

Definition

a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Please leave the signed forms on my desk before you go.

Synonyms

  • workstationa desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

Collocations

  • Easy sit at the desk
    to sit at the desk, meaning to be seated
  • Medium front desk clerk on duty
    to front desk clerk on duty, meaning to be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
  • Hard head the commodity trading desk
    to head the commodity trading desk, meaning to to go or travel towards
  • Very Hard hot-desking policy introduced in office
    a collocation phrase: hot-desking policy introduced in office

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