deadline

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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 refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot.[1] In fact, the term is no longer found in print by the end of the 19th century, but it soon resurfaces in writing in 1917 as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn

Noun

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deadline (plural deadlines)

  1. A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
    Synonym: closing date
    I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
    • 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
      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. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  3. (archaic) A line that does not move. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: deadline
  • Finnish: deadline
  • Italian: deadline
  • Polish: deadline

Translations

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Verb

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deadline (third-person singular simple present deadlines, present participle deadlining, simple past and past participle deadlined)

  1. (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

References

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  1. ^ “Andersonville Prison”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2017 April 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 March 2017
  2. ^ “The Mavens' Word of the Day”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2013 October 16 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 October 2013

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.lɑi̯n/, /ˈdɛd.lɑi̯n/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dead‧line

Noun

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deadline m (plural deadlines, diminutive deadlinetje n)

  1. deadline
    Synonym: termijn

Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdedlɑi̯n/, [ˈde̞dlɑ̝i̯n]

Noun

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deadline (colloquial)

  1. deadline

Declension

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The declension of this word is problematic. Joukahainen recommends the nalle-type declension, presumably based on the (English) spelling of the nominative of the word:

Inflection of deadline (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative deadline deadlinet
genitive deadlinen deadlinejen
partitive deadlinea deadlineja
illative deadlineen deadlineihin
singular plural
nominative deadline deadlinet
accusative nom. deadline deadlinet
gen. deadlinen
genitive deadlinen deadlinejen
deadlinein rare
partitive deadlinea deadlineja
inessive deadlinessa deadlineissa
elative deadlinesta deadlineista
illative deadlineen deadlineihin
adessive deadlinella deadlineilla
ablative deadlinelta deadlineilta
allative deadlinelle deadlineille
essive deadlinena deadlineina
translative deadlineksi deadlineiksi
abessive deadlinetta deadlineitta
instructive deadlinein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of deadline (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deadlineni deadlineni
accusative nom. deadlineni deadlineni
gen. deadlineni
genitive deadlineni deadlinejeni
deadlineini rare
partitive deadlineani deadlinejani
inessive deadlinessani deadlineissani
elative deadlinestani deadlineistani
illative deadlineeni deadlineihini
adessive deadlinellani deadlineillani
ablative deadlineltani deadlineiltani
allative deadlinelleni deadlineilleni
essive deadlinenani deadlineinani
translative deadlinekseni deadlineikseni
abessive deadlinettani deadlineittani
instructive
comitative deadlineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deadlinesi deadlinesi
accusative nom. deadlinesi deadlinesi
gen. deadlinesi
genitive deadlinesi deadlinejesi
deadlineisi rare
partitive deadlineasi deadlinejasi
inessive deadlinessasi deadlineissasi
elative deadlinestasi deadlineistasi
illative deadlineesi deadlineihisi
adessive deadlinellasi deadlineillasi
ablative deadlineltasi deadlineiltasi
allative deadlinellesi deadlineillesi
essive deadlinenasi deadlineinasi
translative deadlineksesi deadlineiksesi
abessive deadlinettasi deadlineittasi
instructive
comitative deadlineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deadlinemme deadlinemme
accusative nom. deadlinemme deadlinemme
gen. deadlinemme
genitive deadlinemme deadlinejemme
deadlineimme rare
partitive deadlineamme deadlinejamme
inessive deadlinessamme deadlineissamme
elative deadlinestamme deadlineistamme
illative deadlineemme deadlineihimme
adessive deadlinellamme deadlineillamme
ablative deadlineltamme deadlineiltamme
allative deadlinellemme deadlineillemme
essive deadlinenamme deadlineinamme
translative deadlineksemme deadlineiksemme
abessive deadlinettamme deadlineittamme
instructive
comitative deadlineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deadlinenne deadlinenne
accusative nom. deadlinenne deadlinenne
gen. deadlinenne
genitive deadlinenne deadlinejenne
deadlineinne rare
partitive deadlineanne deadlinejanne
inessive deadlinessanne deadlineissanne
elative deadlinestanne deadlineistanne
illative deadlineenne deadlineihinne
adessive deadlinellanne deadlineillanne
ablative deadlineltanne deadlineiltanne
allative deadlinellenne deadlineillenne
essive deadlinenanne deadlineinanne
translative deadlineksenne deadlineiksenne
abessive deadlinettanne deadlineittanne
instructive
comitative deadlineinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative deadlinensa deadlinensa
accusative nom. deadlinensa deadlinensa
gen. deadlinensa
genitive deadlinensa deadlinejensa
deadlineinsa rare
partitive deadlineaan
deadlineansa
deadlinejaan
deadlinejansa
inessive deadlinessaan
deadlinessansa
deadlineissaan
deadlineissansa
elative deadlinestaan
deadlinestansa
deadlineistaan
deadlineistansa
illative deadlineensa deadlineihinsa
adessive deadlinellaan
deadlinellansa
deadlineillaan
deadlineillansa
ablative deadlineltaan
deadlineltansa
deadlineiltaan
deadlineiltansa
allative deadlinelleen
deadlinellensa
deadlineilleen
deadlineillensa
essive deadlinenaan
deadlinenansa
deadlineinaan
deadlineinansa
translative deadlinekseen
deadlineksensa
deadlineikseen
deadlineiksensa
abessive deadlinettaan
deadlinettansa
deadlineittaan
deadlineittansa
instructive
comitative deadlineineen
deadlineinensa

On the other hand, the nalle-type declension does not fit the pronunciation, which in fact follows the risti-type declension (except in the nominative: /dedlain/), in other words, /dedlainin/, /dedlainia/, etc. in the genitive, partitive, etc. It's probably advisable to avoid using this word in writing and to use Finnish synonyms instead.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deadline m inan

  1. (informal) deadline (date on or before which something must be completed)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • deadline in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • deadline in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • deadline at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Swedish

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Noun

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deadline c

  1. a deadline

Declension

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See also

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References

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