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deadline

dead·line
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ded-lahyn]
    • /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
    • /ˈded.laɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ded-lahyn]
    • /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/

Definitions of deadline word

  • countable noun deadline A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done. 3
  • noun deadline a time limit for any activity 3
  • noun deadline a line around a prison beyond which a prisoner could go only at the risk of being shot by a guard 3
  • noun deadline a boundary which it is forbidden to cross 3
  • noun deadline the latest time by which something must be done or completed 3
  • noun deadline the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline. 1

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Origin of deadline

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; dead + line1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Deadline

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

deadline popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

deadline usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for deadline

noun deadline

  • time limit — a period of time within which an action or procedure must be done or completed.
  • limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
  • target date — the date set or aimed at for the commencement, fulfillment, or completion of some effort: The target date for the book is next May.

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