deadlinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈded.laɪn/us/ˈded.laɪn/B2 a time or day by which something must be done:
There's no way I can meet that deadline.
We're working to a tight deadline (= we do not have much time to finish the work).
I'm afraid you've missed the deadline - the deadline for applications was 30 May.
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- The end of the year was their self-imposed deadline for finishing the building work.
- The final deadline for submissions is 21 February.
- Now that the deadline is approaching we all feel under pressure.
- Do you think we will be able to meet our deadline?
- We haven't got a hope in hell of meeting such a tight deadline.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Schedules & agendas
- agenda
- AOB
- business plan
- calendar
- datebook
- fit
- Hejira
- itinerary
- journal
- make
- make time idiom
- order
- order paper
- pack
- spread sth over sth
- squeeze sb/sth in
- stagger
- TBD
- the order of the day idiom
- timetable
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