collocation · neutral
meet deadlines
/miːt ˈdɛdlaɪnz/MEET DEAD·lines
Band 4-5task2speaking
to finish tasks and submit them by the required time
Examples
“meet submission deadlines”
“miss deadlines”
“tight deadlines”
Band 8 sentence
“In my internship I learnt to prioritise tasks so I could meet tight deadlines consistently.”
Collocations
- meet strict deadlines
- miss a deadline
Word family
meet vdeadline nmeeting deadlines n
Common mistakes
finish the deadline→meet the deadline
do deadline→meet deadlines
Say it for a higher band
5finish on time→6submit on time→7+meet deadlines
Synonyms
submit on time
Easily confused
miss deadlines
“If you miss deadlines frequently, employers may see you as unreliable.”
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