a desk job

  • 1desk job — ➔ job1 * * * desk job UK US noun [C] ► WORKPLACE a job that is done at a desk: »Not everyone is cut out for a desk job …

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  • 2desk job — UK US noun [countable] [singular desk job plural desk jobs] a job that you do in an office working at a desk Thesaurus: types of job or workhyponym general words relating to jobs and work …

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  • 3desk job — desk .job n a job that involves working mostly at a desk in an office …

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  • 4desk job — desk ,job noun count a job you do in an office working at a desk …

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  • 5desk job — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms desk job : singular desk job plural desk jobs a job that you do in an office working at a desk …

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  • 6desk job — noun An employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work. For 13 months in 1966 and 67 Corson served as commander of 3,500 men in 114 platoons spread out in hamlets across five provinces in South… …

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  • 7desk job — noun (C) a job that involves working mostly at a desk in an office …

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  • 8desk job — noun a clerical or administrative job …

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  • 9desk — /desk/, n. 1. an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc. 2. a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church. 3. a pulpit …

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  • 10desk — [desk] n. [ME deske < ML desca, a table, ult. < L discus: see DISCUS] 1. a piece of furniture equipped with drawers, compartments, etc., and a flat or sloping top for writing, drawing, or reading 2. a lectern 3. a) the post of a clerk,… …

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