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deadline definition

dead·line (-līn′)

noun

  1. ☆ Historical a line around a prison beyond which a prisoner could go only at the risk of being shot by a guard
  2. ☆ a boundary which it is forbidden to cross
  3. ☆ the latest time by which something must be done or completed a deadline for payment, publication, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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