DEADLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deadline mean? 

• DEADLINE (noun)
  The noun DEADLINE has 1 sense:

1. the point in time at which something must be completed

  Familiarity information: DEADLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEADLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point in time at which something must be completed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("deadline" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deadline"):

curfew (the time that the curfew signal is sounded)

 Context examples 

All they will care about is that you get the job done at the lowest cost and meet a reasonable deadline.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

People say we have to wait till 2015, the deadline set by the WHO.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

If you have to state a deadline for any communication project with Saturn in Capricorn, allow more time than you think you need, just in case.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your work will require your full attention, and you will be working to finish a project against a tight deadline on December 11 when there will be a full moon in Gemini 20 degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be working up against a deadline that will fall within four days of January 10, and it will need to be ready to be shipped.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For Pisces, to be told to think only about money and deadlines and not to contribute their creative ideas would be like taking away their oxygen.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Be ready to offer a reasonable deadline for an upcoming project, as well as the number and type of crew you’ll need and the precise costs involved.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The house that the full moon will light will be your sixth house of work assignments, so it looks as though you will be working hard right up against a deadline.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Also, at this full moon, it appears you will be working up against a deadline—a project you’ve been working on will need to be out the door by the full moon, November 12.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn and Pluto can be very bossy when combined in an alignment as they will be this month, so alternatively, you may be working on a deadline with a term paper or for a book you are writing or editing and due to publish soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)