noun · neutral
deadline
/ˈdɛdlaɪn/DEAD·line
Band 4-5speakingtask2
The latest time or date by which something must be done or submitted.
Examples
“The deadline for the essay is Friday.”
“We missed the deadline and lost marks.”
“She negotiated a short extension when the deadline was impossible.”
Band 8 sentence
“Faced with an impossible deadline, the research team negotiated a brief extension and proposed a revised timetable.”
Collocations
- meet a deadline
- miss a deadline
- tight deadline
Word family
deadline noundeadlines noun (plural)
Common mistakes
I submitted on the deadline.→I submitted by the deadline.
dead line→deadline
Say it for a higher band
5due date→6due date→7+deadline
Synonyms
due date
Easily confused
due date
“The deadline for the essay is next Friday.”
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