hot desk
hot desk noun: a desk, or workstation, used by different employees at different times.
Noun
hot desk (plural hot desks)
- A desk, or workstation, used by different employees at different times.
Verb
hot desk (third-person singular simple present hot desks, present participle hot desking, simple past and past participle hot desked)
- To use different shared desks or workstations at different times.
- 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
- 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...2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN
Forms of hot desk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hot desks |
| alternative form | hot-desk |
| alternative form | hotdesk |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hot desks |
| present participle | hot desking |
| past participle | hot desked |
| past | hot desked |
Words formed from hot desk
Questions about hot desk
- What does hot desk mean?
- Hot desk means a desk, or workstation, used by different employees at different times.
- What part of speech is hot desk?
- Hot desk can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hot desk?
- The plural of hot desk is hot desks.
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