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# desk

«desk» in Mova's school dictionary: **a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (desk, desks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A desk is a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with drawers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#m1)

2) A desk is also a counter where you get help, like the front desk of a hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: things counted in a classroom, often in rows (rows × desks per row = total); things on or in each desk; prices; school: your desk, tidy desk; everyday life: the help desk, the front desk

### examples

- There are 6 rows of desks with 5 desks in each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x1)
- The class needs 28 desks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x2)
- Each desk has 2 pencils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x3)
- A desk costs $45. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x4)
- Put your books in your desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x5)
- Please keep your desk tidy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x6)
- Ask at the front desk of the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x7)
- The teacher's desk is at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x8)
- One morning Mr. Fitzwarren was sitting at his desk in his office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/#x9)

### note

Thing counted; rows × desks per row give the total. Trap: none special.

### In the corpora

- [«The teachers were happy» needs no apostrophe; «the teacher's desk» means the desk of one teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/6-spelling-plurals/15/)
- [A real helper calls your family or keeps you in a busy public place, such as an information desk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/14/)
- [Using a classmate's things while they are away from their desk is taking without asking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/19/)
- [In an earthquake drill you drop, cover under a desk and hold on, because falling objects cause most injuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/13/)
- [In an earthquake drill: drop, cover under a sturdy desk and hold on until the shaking stops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «desk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.