deadline

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

The context of a due date originated in journalism, probably from an earlier usage in printing, representing a guideline marked on a plate for a printing press (inside which all content should appear). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers simply to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling; slightly later American usage includes a boundary around a prison which prisoners must not cross.

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deadline (plural deadlines)

1. A date on or before which something must be completed.
2. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
3. (archaic) A line which doesn't move.
4. (archaic) A boundary around a prison.

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdedlɑi̯n/

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deadline

1. (colloquial) A deadline.

[edit] Declension

Declension of deadline (type nalle) singular plural nominative deadline deadlinet genitive deadlinen deadlinejen deadlinein1 partitive deadlineä deadlinejä accusative deadline deadlinen deadlinet inessive deadlinessä deadlineissä elative deadlinestä deadlineistä illative deadlineen deadlineihin adessive deadlinellä deadlineillä ablative deadlineltä deadlineiltä allative deadlinelle deadlineille essive deadlinenä deadlineinä translative deadlineksi deadlineiksi instructive – deadlinein abessive deadlinettä deadlineittä comitative – deadlineineen 1) Rare.