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/ˈdedˌlaɪn/ 
| singular | deadline |
| plural | deadlines |
- a specific time or date by which you have to do something
They’ve given us a five o’clock deadline.
deadline for:The deadline for applications was last Friday.
deadline of:Ministers set a deadline of 5 April for Serbia to accept the peace plan.
meet/miss a deadline (=finish/not finish something in time):If we can’t meet the deadline, they won’t give us another contract.
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