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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESK-BOUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Desk-Bound is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DESK-BOUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of desk-bound in the English dictionary

The definition of desk-bound in the dictionary is engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESK-BOUND

desirously
desirousness
desist
desistance
desistence
desk
desk clerk
desk editor
desk pad
desk study
deskfast
deskill
deskilling
deskman
desknote
desknote computer
desktop
desktop publishing
desman
desmid

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESK-BOUND

abound
bound
college-bound
earthbound
eastbound
homebound
homeward bound
housebound
icebound
I´ll be bound
inbound
leatherbound
northbound
outbound
paperbound
rebound
southbound
spellbound
to the ground
unbound
westbound

Synonyms and antonyms of desk-bound in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «desk-bound» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESK-BOUND

Find out the translation of desk-bound to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of desk-bound from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «desk-bound» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

台绑定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

-desk consolidado
570 millions of speakers

English

desk-bound
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डेस्क बाध्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- مكتب المربوطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стол - граница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesa -bound
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডেস্ক-বাউন্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bureau - limite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meja terikat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schreibtisch gebunden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

机バウンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

책상 바인딩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meja-bound
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bàn - ràng buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேசை-வரையறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेस्क-बद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

masa bağlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

desk- bound
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biurko - bound
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стіл -кордон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

-desk legat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραφείο εξώφυλλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lessenaar - gebonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

desk- bunden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrivebord - bundet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of desk-bound

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESK-BOUND»

The term «desk-bound» is normally little used and occupies the 118.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESK-BOUND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about desk-bound

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESK-BOUND»

Discover the use of desk-bound in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to desk-bound and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Skills, Wages & Working Conditions of Desk Bound Occupations ...
"This report, which arises from an examination of Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs data and the results of a survey, discusses desk-bound occupations in the construction sector, examining the potential for Emiratisation of such ...
Osama S. Ahmed, TANMIA. (The National Human Resource Development & Employment Authority), Centre for Labour Market Research and Information (CLMRI), 2005
2
Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving ...
In Becoming a Supple Leopard, Kelly Starrett—founder of MobilityWod.com—shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of the human body and teaches you how to hack your own human movement, allowing you to live a healthy, ...
Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza, 2013
3
Practising Public Scholarship: Experiences and Possibilities ...
Chapter. 14. Confessions. of. a. Desk-Bound. Radical. Don. Mitchell. On a field trip organized as part of a recent conference in Hong Kong, I found myself seated on the bus next to a graduate student who had read a fair amount of my work on ...
Katharyne Mitchell, 2011
4
Facilities Change Management
In the employees' work, places are distinguished by whether they are occupied regularly/irregularly, whereas employees' association with their particular place/ lack of it (e.g. place-specific, which employees called 'desk bound', who has ...
Edward Finch, 2011
5
Buller: A Scapegoat?: A Life of General Sir Redvers Buller VC
DESK-BOUND. By now Buller knew his way around the War Office. It was his fourth time there. Ahead now lay a solid ten-year slog, giving him a total of over fifteen years spent in its labyrinthine Pall Mall buildings, the site of the present Royal ...
Geoffrey Powell, 1994
6
News and News Sources: A Critical Introduction
In short. they are often more desk-bound. The combination of tougher work regimes and the dispersal of newspapers away from Fleet Street has broken up the informal networks of contacts between journalists which served as an exchange ...
Paul Manning, 2001
7
The Handbook of Global Online Journalism
Some authors underline that also in newspaper organizations a growing number of journalists are occupied with “desk-bound, office-based” work (Lewis, Williams, and Franklin, 2008: 29). The qualification of “sedentary news work” is probably ...
Eugenia Siapera, Andreas Veglis, 2012
8
Arguing and Thinking: A Rhetorical Approach to Social Psychology
This desk-bound orator is a much quieter person. Sipping a cup of coffee, or filling out a claim for expenses incurred, the orator now has no need of the morning's publicly florid gestures. There is. in addition, a deeper difference. The mind is no ...
Michael Billig, 1996
9
Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer's Desk
Casaubon, in Middlemarch, was a desk-bound neatnik who cleaned up after himself. Swann, who “manifests a nostalgia for an erudite aesthetics in filling his apartment with bibelots,” was a desk-bound collector who surrounded himself with ...
Kevin Kopelson, 2004
10
Skiing
^cZleZ^He ***** of tor* Even the desk-bound Or house-bound person WU1 and a golf professional to become the #1 selling enjoy this beautifully produced program. sports video instructor of all time. ISOMETRIC STRETCH video includes the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESK-BOUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term desk-bound is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ed Curran: PSNI is out of step with the need for more street patrols
A desk-bound, nine-to-five culture has taken hold to the extent that one in two crimes are not even reported to the PSNI. The public has little ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Movie clock: 'Minions,' 'Self/less,' 'The Gallows'
“Spy” (R) A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical ... «Florida Today, Jul 15»
3
Victoria needs 40000 extra IT workers, according to new ACS data
... that the sectors still suffer from an image problem of “predominantly male ICT professionals engaged in desk-bound, repetitive, isolating jobs. «TechGeek, Jul 15»
4
Now playing on the big screen
SPY — Desk-bound CIA analyst, Susan Cooper, works with dashing agent Bradley Fine. Cooper helps Fine avoid danger but when Bulgarian ... «The Weekender, Jul 15»
5
Having lunch at your desk doesn't have to be boring
... for a sandwich, a soup, a vegetarian meal, a smoothie and a dessert that can turn your desk-bound meal into something special. Contact: ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
6
5 Minutes With... Head: Pacific Crest Trail hiker and cancer survivor …
Enjoy yourselves...and I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a ... «Steamboat Pilot & Today, Jul 15»
7
A step in the right direction
... Culture Trust (WLCT) Active Living are urging professionals across the borough, many of them desk-bound, to get more active this summer. «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
8
Atwell stars in Marvel's Agent Carter series
Desk-bound Peggy fights to get a slice of the action, and finds herself working alongside Howard Stark (father of Iron Man Tony) and his butler ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
9
Enbridge CEO takes backlash in stride
Unlike his predecessor, Monaco is less desk-bound and is often out in the field, smoothing relationships with landowners who have traditionally ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
10
Queenstown horse whisperer leads the way
From there a business was born and in 2001 Andrew started Talking Horses near Wellington with Janine Sudbury, taking desk-bound ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Desk-Bound [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/desk-bound>. Apr 2024 ».
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