Desk
noun
A piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface where you can write or work, often with drawers to keep things in.
She has a neat and organized desk in her room where she does all her school work.
Often appears as...
- office desk
- school desk
noun
A particular department or section of a company or organization.
She works at the front desk, so she greets everyone who enters the building.
Often appears as...
- front desk
- service desk
noun
A kind of table used by a person in authority.
The principal's desk was filled with files and papers.
Often appears as...
- principal's desk
- president's desk
noun
A place where news articles are received and processed in a television or radio station.
The news desk receives all the breaking news updates.
Often appears as...
- news desk
- sports desk
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface where you can write or work, often with drawers to keep things in.
She has a neat and organized desk in her room where she does all her school work.
Often appears as...
- office desk
- school desk
noun
A particular department or section of a company or organization.
She works at the front desk, so she greets everyone who enters the building.
Often appears as...
- front desk
- service desk
noun
A kind of table used by a person in authority.
The principal's desk was filled with files and papers.
Often appears as...
- principal's desk
- president's desk
noun
A place where news articles are received and processed in a television or radio station.
The news desk receives all the breaking news updates.
Often appears as...
- news desk
- sports desk
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Item
Desk often refers to a work or study area, signaling productivity and organization.
You'll find all the necessary supplies in the top drawer of your desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Furniture Piece
When someone talks about a desk, they usually mean the furniture, not the surface.
My grandfather's old wooden desk still stands in the study.
Pro Tip 3/3Customizable Space
Desks can be personalized with items like photos or plants, reflecting the user's identity.
She decorated her desk with colorful stationery and a tiny cactus.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Item
Desk often refers to a work or study area, signaling productivity and organization.
You'll find all the necessary supplies in the top drawer of your desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Furniture Piece
When someone talks about a desk, they usually mean the furniture, not the surface.
My grandfather's old wooden desk still stands in the study.
Pro Tip 3/3Customizable Space
Desks can be personalized with items like photos or plants, reflecting the user's identity.
She decorated her desk with colorful stationery and a tiny cactus.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Item
Desk often refers to a work or study area, signaling productivity and organization.
You'll find all the necessary supplies in the top drawer of your desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Furniture Piece
When someone talks about a desk, they usually mean the furniture, not the surface.
My grandfather's old wooden desk still stands in the study.
Pro Tip 3/3Customizable Space
Desks can be personalized with items like photos or plants, reflecting the user's identity.
She decorated her desk with colorful stationery and a tiny cactus.
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
and used that to design my robotic desk lamp. So I went and designed frame by frame to try to make this robot as graceful and engaging as possible. And here when you see the robot interacting with me on a desktop -- and I'm actually redesigning the robot, so, unbeknownst to itself, it's kind of digging its own grave by helping me.
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Does stress affect your...
or seated at a desk rather than on a couch, can make your stress response to these circumstances less sensitive during the test itself. Exercise is another useful tool. Increasing your heart and breathing rate is linked to chemical changes in your brain that help reduce anxiety and increase your sense of well-being.
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How to build your...
Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach. I negotiated with Jamal. If he could give me focused work, then he could do it from anywhere in the classroom, from our classroom rug, from behind my desk,
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Do schools kill...
and they went and left her. But as they went out of the room, he turned on the radio that was sitting on his desk. And when they got out of the room, he said to her mother, "Just stand and watch her." And the minute they left the room, she was on her feet, moving to the music.
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Can you make a wildlife...
you can be running back and forth all the desk space stuff i've got covered but away from the office i do have extra needs just two things really the right kit and an extra pair of hands like a runner who can help me get around and lend a hand with the physical stuff
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The thrilling potential...
why can I not use my computer in the same way that I interact in the physical world? So, I started this exploration around eight years back, and it literally started with a mouse on my desk. Rather than using it for my computer, I actually opened it.
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The psychological weight...
calories a day i counted steps i got a standing desk and i learned that my one hour of walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list
Video examples
Rita Pierson: Every kid...
And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me.
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What I learned from 100...
So this is where I went to where I was working. I came downstairs and I saw this big guy sitting behind a desk. He looked like a security guard. So I just approached him. And I was just walking and that was the longest walk of my life --
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Mystery of the Romanovs...
his word was considered law in every aspect of life every decision was his even the most simple name change had to go across his desk with his marriage to Alexandra a German princess and
Video examples
Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
and used that to design my robotic desk lamp. So I went and designed frame by frame to try to make this robot as graceful and engaging as possible. And here when you see the robot interacting with me on a desktop -- and I'm actually redesigning the robot, so, unbeknownst to itself, it's kind of digging its own grave by helping me.
Video examples
Does stress affect your...
or seated at a desk rather than on a couch, can make your stress response to these circumstances less sensitive during the test itself. Exercise is another useful tool. Increasing your heart and breathing rate is linked to chemical changes in your brain that help reduce anxiety and increase your sense of well-being.
Video examples
How to build your...
Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach. I negotiated with Jamal. If he could give me focused work, then he could do it from anywhere in the classroom, from our classroom rug, from behind my desk,
Video examples
Do schools kill...
and they went and left her. But as they went out of the room, he turned on the radio that was sitting on his desk. And when they got out of the room, he said to her mother, "Just stand and watch her." And the minute they left the room, she was on her feet, moving to the music.
Video examples
Can you make a wildlife...
you can be running back and forth all the desk space stuff i've got covered but away from the office i do have extra needs just two things really the right kit and an extra pair of hands like a runner who can help me get around and lend a hand with the physical stuff
Video examples
The thrilling potential...
why can I not use my computer in the same way that I interact in the physical world? So, I started this exploration around eight years back, and it literally started with a mouse on my desk. Rather than using it for my computer, I actually opened it.
Video examples
The psychological weight...
calories a day i counted steps i got a standing desk and i learned that my one hour of walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list
Video examples
Rita Pierson: Every kid...
And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me.
Video examples
What I learned from 100...
So this is where I went to where I was working. I came downstairs and I saw this big guy sitting behind a desk. He looked like a security guard. So I just approached him. And I was just walking and that was the longest walk of my life --
Video examples
Mystery of the Romanovs...
his word was considered law in every aspect of life every decision was his even the most simple name change had to go across his desk with his marriage to Alexandra a German princess and
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Quote examples
Payal Kadakia
American Businesswoman
I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.
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Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
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Rei Kawakubo
Japanese Designer
My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection.
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Huda Kattan
Iraqi Entertainer
I like things on my desk that are pretty and make a statement. It's important that whatever is on my desk inspires me because that's where I spend a lot of my time working and creating things.
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Philip Pullman
British Writer
I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk for long hours and nothing's coming to me, I remember my fifth-grade teacher, the way her eyes lit up when she said, 'This is really good.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.
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Natalie du Toit
South African Athlete
It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.
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John le Carre
English Writer
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
Quote examples
Payal Kadakia
American Businesswoman
I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
Quote examples
Rei Kawakubo
Japanese Designer
My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection.
Quote examples
Huda Kattan
Iraqi Entertainer
I like things on my desk that are pretty and make a statement. It's important that whatever is on my desk inspires me because that's where I spend a lot of my time working and creating things.
Quote examples
Philip Pullman
British Writer
I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk for long hours and nothing's coming to me, I remember my fifth-grade teacher, the way her eyes lit up when she said, 'This is really good.
Quote examples
Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.
Quote examples
Natalie du Toit
South African Athlete
It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
Quote examples
Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
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