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Definition of Deadline
1. Noun. The point in time at which something must be completed.
Definition of Deadline
1. Noun. A date on or before which something must be completed. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A line which doesn't move. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) A boundary around a prison. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadline
1. to set a time limit on something [v -LINED, -LINING, -LINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadline
Literary usage of Deadline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"6.2 deadline FOR RECEIPT OF GRANT APPLICATIONS a. Any grant application received
after 5:00 pm EST on Tuesday. February. will be considered late unless it ..."
2. Senescence, the last half of life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"CHAPTER VIII SOME CONCLUSIONS The early decades of age—The deadline of seventy—The
... deadline ..."
3. Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process by Alex Vines, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"deadline: January 31, 1998 Responsibility: UNITA iv) To complete the ... deadline:
January 27, 1998 Responsibility: government/UN IT A/MONU A vi i) ..."
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