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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hot desk en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A desk, or workstation, used by different employees at different times.

Forms

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hot-desk alternative lexicographic
hotdesk alternative lexicographic
hot desks Number=Plur lexicographic

hot desk en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To use different shared desks or workstations at different times.
    • Whenever I wasn’t glad-handing NTOC [National Threat Operations Center] leadership at headquarters, I spent my time learning everything I could—“hot-desking” with analysts who worked different programs and different types of targets, so as to be able to teach my fellow team members back in Hawaii the newest ways the agency’s tools might be used. 2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
    • Small changes on the part of workers and managers can make a difference to the experience of workers who are hot desking. 2016, Jim Greer, Resilience and Personal Effectiveness for Social Workers, SAGE, →ISBN:

Forms

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hotdesk alternative lexicographic
hot desked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hot desked Tense=Past lexicographic
hot desking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hot-desk alternative lexicographic
hot desks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

hot desker