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dead line

dead line is the misspelling of deadline.

Meaning of deadline

Noun

deadline (plural deadlines)

  1. A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
    • I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
    Synonyms:
    closing date
  2. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  3. (archaic) A line that does not move.
  4. (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

See all 5 meanings of deadline

Questions about dead line

What is dead line the misspelling of?
Dead line is the misspelling of deadline.

Words near dead line in the dictionary

  1. dead letter office
  2. dead letter offices
  3. dead letters
  4. dead level
  5. dead levels
  6. dead line
  7. dead link
  8. dead links
  9. dead load
  10. dead loads
  11. dead loss

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead line (page history and authors); deadline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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