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deadline
UK /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ US /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
noun 4verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
TfW's [Transport for Wales] plans to meet the PRM [Persons with Reduced Mobility] deadline and withdraw all Pacers by 1 January have been made more difficult by delays to introduction of Class 769 and 230 units.
2
A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
3
A line that does not move.
4
A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
verb
1
To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
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