deadline
part of speech
noun (a deadline, deadlines)
meaning for a pupil
1) A deadline is the latest time or day by which something must be done or handed in. tree →
2) (old use) A line in a prison that prisoners must not cross. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, homework and projects have deadlines; in adult work life people «meet» or «miss» deadlines. In maths problems you may count how many days are left before a deadline. Phrases: «meet a deadline», «miss a deadline», «a tight deadline», «extend the deadline», «the deadline is Friday».
examples
- The deadline for the project is Friday. tree →
- I finished my story just before the deadline. tree →
- Mum works late when she has a deadline. tree →
- The teacher extended the deadline by two days. tree →
- If you miss the deadline, you lose marks. tree →
- Newspapers have strict deadlines each night. tree →
- We had a tight deadline to build the model. tree →
note
Countable. One word. Maths: if the deadline is in 10 days and the work needs 2 days per part for 4 parts, you need 8 days and have 2 to spare. Planning helps you meet deadlines.
In the corpora
- Grief has no single right shape and no deadline.
- Putting work off to the last minute is called procrastination; a deadline is when the work must be handed in.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deadline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.