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desk
noun
a
piece
of
furniture
with
a
flat
surface
and
often
drawers
where
you
can
sit
and
write
,
study
,
or
work
•
Ella
placed
her
notebooks
neatly
on
her
new
wooden
desk
before
starting
homework
.
Ella
placed
her
notebooks
neatly
on
her
new
wooden
desk
before
starting
homework
.
•
The
teacher
called
me
to
the
front
and
asked
me
to
stand
beside
her
desk
.
The
teacher
called
me
to
the
front
and
asked
me
to
stand
beside
her
desk
.
Middle
English
from
medieval
Latin
desca
‘
table
,
desk
’,
from
Latin
discus
‘
dish
,
disc
’;
sense
of
a
personal
writing
table
dates
from
the
17th
century
.
noun
a
counter
or
area
in
a
building
where
staff
give
information
or
services
to
visitors
or
customers
•
You
can
pick
up
your
room
key
at
the
hotel
’
s
reception
desk
.
You
can
pick
up
your
room
key
at
the
hotel
’
s
reception
desk
.
•
She
went
to
the
information
desk
to
ask
about
train
schedules
.
She
went
to
the
information
desk
to
ask
about
train
schedules
.
noun
a
department
in
a
newspaper
,
magazine
,
or
broadcast
organization
that
handles
a
particular
type
of
news
or
editing
task
•
The
story
was
assigned
to
the
foreign
desk
for
further
investigation
.
The
story
was
assigned
to
the
foreign
desk
for
further
investigation
.
•
She
got
an
internship
on
the
sports
desk
of
the
local
newspaper
.
She
got
an
internship
on
the
sports
desk
of
the
local
newspaper
.
