deadline
- noun
- B1
- Top 5000
The latest time or day by which a piece of work has to be finished or handed in.
The deadline for applications is the last day of March.
We missed the deadline and had to pay a fine.
Could you extend the deadline by two or three days?
She works fastest in the last hours before a deadline.
Common collocations: meet a deadline · miss a deadline · a tight deadline · set a deadline · extend the deadline · the deadline for something
Part of: The office, Business correspondence, School and teaching, Frequency and duration
Forms
- plural
- deadlines