Deadline

  • 21deadline — / dedlaɪn/ noun the date by which something has to be done ♦ to meet a deadline to finish something in time ♦ to miss a deadline to finish something later than it was planned ● We’ve missed our October 1st deadline …

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  • 22deadline — / dedlaɪn/ noun the date by which something has to be done ♦ to meet a deadline to finish something in time ♦ to miss a deadline to finish something later than it was planned ● We’ve missed our October 1st deadline …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 23Deadline - U.S.A. — Infobox Film name = Deadline U.S.A. image size = caption = director = Richard Brooks producer = Sol C. Siegel writer = Richard Brooks narrator = starring = Humphrey Bogart Ethel Barrymore Kim Hunter music = cinematography = editing = distributor …

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  • 24deadline —    The time or date by which something must be accomplished. For an artist, typical examples are: the hour by which works must be delivered to a patron or employer, or an application must be submitted to an exhibition committee. Agreeing to meet… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 25deadline — [ˈdedˌlaɪn] noun [C] a time or date by which you have to do something The deadline for applications was last Friday.[/ex] If we can t meet the deadline (= finish something in time), they won t give us another contract.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26deadline — {n.} A final date by which a project, such as a term paper, is due. * /The deadline for the papers on Shakespeare is November 10./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 27deadline — {n.} A final date by which a project, such as a term paper, is due. * /The deadline for the papers on Shakespeare is November 10./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 28deadline — /ded luyn /, n. 1. the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o clock deadline. 2. a line or limit that must not be passed. 3. (formerly) a boundary around a military prison beyond… …

    Universalium

  • 29deadline — noun a) A date on or before which something must be completed. I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me! b) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press …

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  • 30deadline — [19] Originally, in US military parlance, a ‘deadline’ was a literal line drawn round a military prison, which the inmates were not allowed to cross. If they did, they risked being shot. The modern figurative application of the word, to a time… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins