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deadline
noun
a
specific
time
or
date
by
which
something
must
be
finished
or
handed
in
•
The
teacher
reminded
the
students
that
the
deadline
for
the
essay
is
Friday
.
The
teacher
reminded
the
students
that
the
deadline
for
the
essay
is
Friday
.
•
We
worked
late
into
the
night
to
meet
the
project
deadline
.
We
worked
late
into
the
night
to
meet
the
project
deadline
.
Originally
an
American
Civil
War
term
(
1860s
)
for
a
line
around
a
military
prison
beyond
which
prisoners
were
liable
to
be
shot
;
later
came
to
mean
any
restrictive
line
or
limit
,
and
by
the
1920s
was
applied
to
time
limits
in
journalism
.
verb
-
deadline
,
deadlining
,
deadlines
,
deadlined
to
set
an
official
time
or
date
by
which
something
must
be
completed
•
The
editor
deadlines
each
article
to
keep
the
newspaper
on
schedule
.
The
editor
deadlines
each
article
to
keep
the
newspaper
on
schedule
.
•
The
project
manager
will
deadline
the
final
report
for
next
Monday
.
The
project
manager
will
deadline
the
final
report
for
next
Monday
.
noun
(
printing
,
historical
)
a
boundary
line
on
a
press
bed
or
galley
that
marks
the
limit
beyond
which
text
must
not
extend
•
The
compositor
made
sure
no
letters
crossed
the
deadline
on
the
galley
.
The
compositor
made
sure
no
letters
crossed
the
deadline
on
the
galley
.
•
Any
text
beyond
the
deadline
would
be
trimmed
off
during
printing
.
Any
text
beyond
the
deadline
would
be
trimmed
off
during
printing
.
From
printing
jargon
in
late
19th-century
United
States
,
referring
to
a
physical
line
that
marked
the
end
of
the
printable
area
.
