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deadline

2 syllables
nounverb
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As a noun, deadline means a time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed. As a verb, it means render an item non-mission-capable.

Meanings of deadline

5 meanings

noun

  1. A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.

    “I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!”

Older and rare meanings (3)

  1. archaicA guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.

  2. archaicA line that does not move.

  3. archaicA boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

verb

  1. militaryTo render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Words that rhyme with deadline

headline

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