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    27/12/2020 Collocations | Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus

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    community Go deadline /ˈdedlaɪn/ noun


    a date or time by which you have to do or complete something
    darkness noun
    data noun VERBS
    database noun
    meet a deadline (=finish something by a deadline) Everyone’s working extremely hard to meet
    date noun
    dated adjective
    the deadline.
    daughter noun miss a deadline (=fail to finish something by a deadline) There will be penalties if the
    daunting adjective government misses the deadline to cut air pollution.
    dawn noun have a deadline It’s easier to work hard if you have a deadline.
    day noun work to a deadline (=have to finish something by a deadline) We’re all under pressure and
    dazzling adjective working to deadlines.
    dead1 adjective beat a deadline (=finish or do something before a deadline) Five thousand applicants rushed to
    dead2 adverb
    beat Wednesday’s deadline for applications.
    deadline noun
    set a deadline (=decide on a date when something must be finished) The deadline has been set
    deadly adjective
    at January 31st.
    deaf adjective
    deafening adjective
    give sb a deadline also impose a deadline formal (=make someone have a deadline) NATO
    deal noun has imposed a deadline of two weeks for a deal to be reached.
    deal with verb extend a deadline (=make the date or time later than it was before) My editor agreed to extend
    death noun the deadline by two weeks.
    death penalty noun a deadline approaches/looms Things began to get more frantic as the deadline loomed.
    a deadline passes (=the date or time by which you must do something goes past) The deadline
    Other words and phrases had already passed for him to raise the money.

    deadline noun ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + deadline

    a tight deadline (=one that is difficult because it does not allow much time to do something)
    As a journalist, you have to be able to work to tight deadlines.
    a strict deadline (=a time or date when something must definitely be finished) We’re working
    to a very strict deadline.
    a self-imposed deadline (=one that you have set for yourself) The government has missed a
    self-imposed deadline to solve the problem.
    the Friday/December etc deadline The project went on long after the December deadline.

    PREPOSITIONS

    a deadline for (doing) sth The deadline for registration on the course is 23 January.
    a deadline of sth A deadline of 3 May was set.

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