Synonyms for deadlines
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ded-lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌlaɪn |
Définition of deadlines
Origin :- "time limit," 1920, American English newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Perhaps influenced by earlier use (1864) to mean the "do-not-cross" line in Civil War prisons, which figured in the Wirz trial.
- And he, the said Wirz, still wickedly pursuing his evil purpose, did establish and cause to be designated within the prison enclosure containing said prisoners a "dead line," being a line around the inner face of the stockade or wall enclosing said prison and about twenty feet distant from and within said stockade; and so established said dead line, which was in many places an imaginary line, in many other places marked by insecure and shifting strips of [boards nailed] upon the tops of small and insecure stakes or posts, he, the said Wirz, instructed the prison guard stationed around the top of said stockade to fire upon and kill any of the prisoners aforesaid who might touch, fall upon, pass over or under [or] across the said "dead line" .... ["Trial of Henry Wirz," Report of the Secretary of War, Oct. 31, 1865]
- noun due date
- Materials on a given subject should not be monopolized by one patron in the region, and deadlines and due dates must be honored.
- Extract from : « The Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) Interlibrary Loan Manual: January, 1976 » by Anonymous
- Deadlines mean nothing to Jacson Gootes, the compositors' companion, the proofreaders' pardner, the layoutman's love.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- I know all about deadlines; I was a newspaperman when you were vainly suckling canine dugs.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- Any local school official hoping for a reprieve from the deadlines expressed in these orders was likely to be disappointed.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
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