ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsDdeadline
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deadline
Meaning: the latest time by which work must be finished
deadline in a sentence
How deadline is used in real sentences:
The deadline for the poster contest is Friday afternoon.
With the deadline only one day away, Priya finished the last page of her report.
“Still, the team faced a firm deadline for sending signed forms to the board.”
— from the passage Testing a New Shield
Synonyms for deadline
Other words for deadline — cutoff, limit and due date — carry the same meaning.
- cutoff
- limit
- due date
Antonyms of deadline
Words that mean the opposite of deadline:
- open-ended period
- unlimited time
Where it comes from
From English dead 'fixed' plus line 'boundary'
Memory hook
A DEADLINE is the line marking when your time is up.