clerk
verb/klɑːk/
/klɜːrk/
[intransitive] (North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clerk | /klɑːk/ /klɜːrk/ |
| he / she / it clerks | /klɑːks/ /klɜːrks/ |
| past simple clerked | /klɑːkt/ /klɜːrkt/ |
| past participle clerked | /klɑːkt/ /klɜːrkt/ |
| -ing form clerking | /ˈklɑːkɪŋ/ /ˈklɜːrkɪŋ/ |
- to work as a clerk
- a clerking job
Word OriginOld English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. Sense (1) dates from the early 16th cent.Want to learn more?
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