deadlinedead‧line /ˈdedlaɪn/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
He missed the deadline for applications.deadline of It has to be in before the deadline of July 1st. I'm always working under pressure to meet deadlines (=finish something on time).set/impose a deadline They've set a deadline of 12 noon.a tight/strict deadline (=one that must be met but is difficult)COLLOCATIONSverbshave a deadline· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.work to a deadline (=have to finish something by a deadline)· We're all under pressure and working to deadlines.meet a deadline (=finish something by a deadline)· Everyone's working extremely hard to meet the deadline.miss a deadline (=fail to finish something by a deadline)· There will be penalties if the government misses the deadline to cut air pollution.set a deadline (=decide on a date when something must be finished)· The deadline has been set at January 31st.extend a deadline (=make the date or time later than it was before)· My editor agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks.a deadline approaches/looms· Things began to get more frantic as the deadline loomed.a deadline passes (=the date or time by which you must do something goes past)· The deadline had already passed for him to raise the money.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + deadlinea strict deadline (=a time or date when something must definitely be finished)· We're working to a very strict deadline.a tight deadline (=one that is difficult because it does not allow much time to do something)· As a journalist, you have to be able to work to tight deadlines.the Friday/December etc deadline· The project went on long after the December deadline.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Delegates had set a November deadline for completing the negotiations in Geneva, which began in January 1995.
- I have no fear and, despite the deadline Letterman has conjured up, no sense of urgency.
- Many believe the early deadlines for qualification limited the number of initiatives that made the ballot.
- That deadline is fast approaching, and from the end of December Jubilee 2000 will be no more.
- The deadline to register to vote in the primary is August 18.
- The deadlines refer to the time at which the convergence conditions will be examined.
- Wilson said he will seek to push back the deadline either through a filing with the court or through an appeal.
- Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.
Longman Language Activatorto finish a piece of work within the time that is allowed for it
to finish some work within the time that you have been allowed to do it, especially when it is very important that it is done by that time: · Journalists have to work very quickly in order to meet their deadlines.· Without extra help, it's going to be very difficult to meet the Friday deadline.
if a piece of work, especially a piece of work that continues for a long time, is finished on schedule , it is done within the time that has been allowed for it to be done: · The builders were lazy and failed to finish the boat on schedule.be on schedule: · So far we are on schedule and the project should come to an end in two months, as planned.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs I'm working to a very tight deadline (=I have to finish a piece of work very quickly).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.
(=have to finish something by a deadline)· We're all under pressure and working to deadlines.
(=finish something by a deadline)· Everyone's working extremely hard to meet the deadline.
(=fail to finish something by a deadline)· There will be penalties if the government misses the deadline to cut air pollution.
(=decide on a date when something must be finished)· The deadline has been set at January 31st.
(=make the date or time later than it was before)· My editor agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks.
· Things began to get more frantic as the deadline loomed.
(=the date or time by which you must do something goes past)· The deadline had already passed for him to raise the money.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + deadline (=a time or date when something must definitely be finished)· We're working to a very strict deadline.
(=one that is difficult because it does not allow much time to do something)· As a journalist, you have to be able to work to tight deadlines.
· The project went on long after the December deadline.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I'm working to a very tight deadline (=I have to finish a piece of work very quickly).· No sooner had the new deadline been announced than Newt Gingrich suggested lifting the debt ceiling.· A new deadline for deciding if the plan will be pursued has been set for July.· Bonn sets new deadline for full monetary union.· When pressed, he gave a new deadline of May 7, 1999· After successive delays, aided by the law courts, the new deadline for payment is Thursday.· The new week features a new deadline, and this one begs a big move.· The new deadline has now passed.· Perhaps, as officials contend, faces will be saved by a last-minute rush to meet the new deadline.
· The original deadline was August 31.· Herzog's original deadline of May 18 was extended by 21 days to allow negotiations to continue.· Each station is to be individually questioned, and an original deadline to provide information by August has been extended to October.
· Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline.
· A strong background in quantitative analysis, careful attention to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential skills.· Thus he is confident of meeting the very tight deadlines for the Virgin order.· He interpreted Henry's wishes to the craftsmen and saw that tight deadlines were met.· Recruitment always operates to tight deadlines, such as catching the last post.· But working to scale from a cartoon drawing and meeting a tight deadline posed problems for the sculpture's designer.· In desperation, under pressure from a tight Defence Ministry deadline, they consulted Oengo.
NOUN· Yoko San Oriental Spa is seeking permission to keep operating beyond a February 1998 deadline set by the city.· It came last October, 40 years after the deadline set by the treaty.
· No strike deadline has been set, nor has a full-fledged boycott been called.
· Manager Lennie Lawrence will study a medical report before deciding whether to recruit another goalkeeper before Thursday's transfer deadline.· He is prepared to start pruning before the transfer deadline.· Ironside had a seven-match loan spell at Scarborough before the transfer deadline.· With the transfer deadline exactly three weeks away, Sunderland reserves host West Brom.· Atkinson wants to sign a striker before next month's transfer deadline and has placed the North-East duo under scrutiny.· Keegan also revealed that Ray Ranson could have gone before the transfer deadline but decided to stay and fight for his place.
VERB· Ample time, so I thought, to beat the deadline for applications of noon on Monday March 23.· That triggered a rush of new rules -- more than 1, 100 in two weeks -- to beat the 1995 deadline.· Clark thought he was over-age, but his coach, Stan Long discovered his protege had beaten the deadline by 18 days.· Buyers brought forward purchases in August to beat the deadline on stamp duty, creating a vacuum in the following month.
· Rather than scrap the scheme, however, Mr Weld has now extended the deadline until 31 July, 1993.· Brahney extended the deadline to March 4 from Jan. 22, which was the deadline under federal bankruptcy law.· Everybody accepts that there is no chance of an agreement to extend the fast-track deadline beyond the beginning of March.· The agency unilaterally extended its deadline for providing the material.· But the company planning the takeover has said its determined to fight on, and has extended its deadline for shareholders.
· Cost estimators usually operate under pressure, especially when facing deadlines.· Owners are faced with a Wednesday deadline to make a decision.· Clinton faces a June 3 deadline for action on the trade status.· The port now faces a July 1 deadline to produce a plan to permanently reduce the presence of metals.
· New Zealand international hooker Duane Mann has also been given a deadline of next week to decide on his new deal.· These pamphlets and forms give specific information regarding deadlines.· When pressed, he gave a new deadline of May 7, 1999
· The opposition had imposed a deadline of Aug. 31 for Nabiyev to restore stability or resign.
· If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible.· Conversely, if a person expects that meeting deadlines will not earn praise, he or she may not be as motivated.· This makes it highly unlikely that the council will be able to meet the three-month deadline on any site.· Their work can be stressful, as they attempt to schedule work to meet deadlines.· Success in meeting the deadline means a stiffer one next time.· Most work at least 40 hours a week and may work much longer on occasion to meet project deadlines.· Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.· Kolbe said the novel move was necessary to meet budget-submission deadlines.
· Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted.· A federal law spells out the penalties for missing the deadline to cut air pollution.· Subconsciously I was terrified of missing my two-hourly deadline.· Maybe it was the missed deadline that raised the issue; it made everyone irritable.· Yet the obstacles that it has run into make it probable that even it will miss the end-1992 deadline.· Minor mistakes or missing the May 15 deadline could end in the loss of payments.· If you have missed the deadline you need to act promptly to minimise any further charges.· The obvious implication is that many asylum seekers may miss the deadline and lose the chance to appeal.
· We were, however, grateful to receive a copy subsequently, even though a month had passed since the deadline for comments.
· And the deadline for submitting the illustrations was getting uncomfortably close.· The General Services Administration has set Oct. 6 as the deadline to submit written comment on its environmental report.· The government has set June 11 as the deadline for submitting bids, and hopes to select a concessionaire by July 3.
· Let him play for the Astros, at least to the July trading deadline, to set his price.· The agent expects an attitude adjustment to coincide with passage of the trading deadline at 6 p. m. Thursday.· For the Sox, the baseball trading deadline was Game 5.
· A strong background in quantitative analysis, careful attention to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential skills.· Reporters are always in a hurry and working on deadline.· Ability to work to a deadline under pressure was another skill I was quizzed about.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a date or time by which you have to do or complete somethingdeadline for- Journalists have to work very quickly in order to meet their deadlines.
- Without extra help, it's going to be very difficult to meet the Friday deadline.
- Conversely, if a person expects that meeting deadlines will not earn praise, he or she may not be as motivated.
- It is a measure of Minton's professionalism that he continued to meet deadlines and to produce an abundance of work.
- Nell is your colleague, and you suspect she has never met a deadline in her life.
- The company recently has been regrouping after it failed to meet a deadline to provide service early this year.
- Their work can be stressful, as they attempt to schedule work to meet deadlines.
- Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.
He missed the deadline for applications.deadline of It has to be in before the deadline of July 1st. I'm always working under pressure to meet deadlines (=finish something on time).set/impose a deadline They've set a deadline of 12 noon.a tight/strict deadline (=one that must be met but is difficult)COLLOCATIONSverbshave a deadline· It's easier to work hard if you have a deadline.work to a deadline (=have to finish something by a deadline)· We're all under pressure and working to deadlines.meet a deadline (=finish something by a deadline)· Everyone's working extremely hard to meet the deadline.miss a deadline (=fail to finish something by a deadline)· There will be penalties if the government misses the deadline to cut air pollution.set a deadline (=decide on a date when something must be finished)· The deadline has been set at January 31st.extend a deadline (=make the date or time later than it was before)· My editor agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks.a deadline approaches/looms· Things began to get more frantic as the deadline loomed.a deadline passes (=the date or time by which you must do something goes past)· The deadline had already passed for him to raise the money.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + deadlinea strict deadline (=a time or date when something must definitely be finished)· We're working to a very strict deadline.a tight deadline (=one that is difficult because it does not allow much time to do something)· As a journalist, you have to be able to work to tight deadlines.the Friday/December etc deadline· The project went on long after the December deadline.