Collocations for "desktop"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "desktop" in context.
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desktop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [messy, organized, clean] desktop
- [a pine, an oak, a melamine] desktop
- bought a [lamp, printer] for the desktop
- put the [lamp] on the desktop
- [clean, wipe, polish] the desktop
- a [low, high, top] -end desktop (computer)
- the [computer's, laptop's] desktop
- [save, move, copy, upload] a [folder, file, shortcut] to the desktop
- view your [Windows®, IOS®] desktop
- [overlapping, combined, multiple] windows on the desktop
- the desktop [icons, folders, shortcuts]
- [edit, delete, move] desktop folders
- desktop publishing [services, programs, software]
- switch to desktop view
- a desktop [lamp, computer, printer]
'desktop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):