deadline
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
deadline (plural deadlines)
- 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.
- (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
- (archaic) A line that does not move. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
deadline (third-person singular simple present deadlines, present participle deadlining, simple past and past participle deadlined)
References edit
- ^ “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
- ^ “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
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deadline m (plural deadlines, diminutive deadlinetje n)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deadline (colloquial)
Declension edit
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) | ||||
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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 deadlineinrare | ||
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. |
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 edit
- kalmanviiva (colloquial)
- kuolemanlinja (colloquial)
- kuolonlinja (colloquial)
- määräaika
- takaraja
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “deadline”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deadline m inan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | deadline | deadline'y |
genitive | deadline'u | deadline'ów |
dative | deadline'owi | deadline'om |
accusative | deadline | deadline'y |
instrumental | deadline'em | deadline'ami |
locative | deadlinie | deadline'ach |
vocative | deadlinie | deadline'y |
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
deadline c
- a deadline
Declension edit
Declension of deadline | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | deadline | deadlinen | deadliner | deadlinerna |
Genitive | deadlines | deadlinens | deadliners | deadlinernas |