Associations to the word «Deadline»

Wiktionary

DEADLINE, noun. A date on or before which something must be completed.
DEADLINE, noun. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
DEADLINE, noun. (archaic) A line that does not move.
DEADLINE, noun. (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
DEADLINE, verb. (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

Dictionary definition

DEADLINE, noun. The point in time at which something must be completed.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley