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Front desk

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, front desk means: The desk near the entrance of an office, hotel or clinic where visitors are greeted and helped; also the staff who work there.

In Turkish: resepsiyon, danışma, ön büro

How it is used

Used like reception: "Please ask at the front desk", "Leave the parcel at the front desk." It can mean the team: "Front desk called to say your visitor has arrived." Front desk is more common in American English and hotels; British offices usually say reception.

Example sentences

  1. Your visitor badge will be ready at the front desk when you arrive.

  2. I'm covering the front desk until Merve gets back from lunch.

Common collocations

  • at the front desk
  • front desk staff
  • cover the front desk
  • call the front desk
  • receptionistA person who works at the main entrance desk of an office, hotel or clinic, greeting visitors, answering the phone and directing people to the right place.
  • sign inTo write your name, or register electronically, when you arrive at a building, so there is a record of who is on site.
  • visitor badgeA card or sticker that a visitor wears in an office building to show they are allowed to be there; it often also opens certain doors.
  • courierA person or company that collects and delivers parcels and documents quickly and directly, often on the same day.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

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