noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tight deadline (= I have to finish a piece of work very quickly )
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I'm working to a very tight deadline .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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No sooner had the new deadline been announced than Newt Gingrich suggested lifting the debt ceiling.
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A new deadline for deciding if the plan will be pursued has been set for July.
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Bonn sets new deadline for full monetary union.
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When pressed, he gave a new deadline of May 7, 1999&038;.
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After successive delays, aided by the law courts, the new deadline for payment is Thursday.
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The new week features a new deadline , and this one begs a big move.
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The new deadline has now passed.
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Perhaps, as officials contend, faces will be saved by a last-minute rush to meet the new deadline .
original
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The original deadline was August 31.
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Herzog's original deadline of May 18 was extended by 21 days to allow negotiations to continue.
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Each station is to be individually questioned, and an original deadline to provide information by August has been extended to October.
strict
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Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline .
tight
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A strong background in quantitative analysis, careful attention to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential skills.
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Thus he is confident of meeting the very tight deadlines for the Virgin order.
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He interpreted Henry's wishes to the craftsmen and saw that tight deadlines were met.
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Recruitment always operates to tight deadlines , such as catching the last post.
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But working to scale from a cartoon drawing and meeting a tight deadline posed problems for the sculpture's designer.
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In desperation, under pressure from a tight Defence Ministry deadline , they consulted Oengo.
■ NOUN
set
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Yoko San Oriental Spa is seeking permission to keep operating beyond a February 1998 deadline set by the city.
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It came last October, 40 years after the deadline set by the treaty.
strike
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No strike deadline has been set, nor has a full-fledged boycott been called.
transfer
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Manager Lennie Lawrence will study a medical report before deciding whether to recruit another goalkeeper before Thursday's transfer deadline .
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He is prepared to start pruning before the transfer deadline .
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Ironside had a seven-match loan spell at Scarborough before the transfer deadline .
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With the transfer deadline exactly three weeks away, Sunderland reserves host West Brom.
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Atkinson wants to sign a striker before next month's transfer deadline and has placed the North-East duo under scrutiny.
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Keegan also revealed that Ray Ranson could have gone before the transfer deadline but decided to stay and fight for his place.
■ VERB
beat
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Ample time, so I thought, to beat the deadline for applications of noon on Monday March 23.
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That triggered a rush of new rules -- more than 1, 100 in two weeks -- to beat the 1995 deadline .
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Clark thought he was over-age, but his coach, Stan Long discovered his protege had beaten the deadline by 18 days.
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Buyers brought forward purchases in August to beat the deadline on stamp duty, creating a vacuum in the following month.
extend
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Rather than scrap the scheme, however, Mr Weld has now extended the deadline until 31 July, 1993.
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Brahney extended the deadline to March 4 from Jan. 22, which was the deadline under federal bankruptcy law.
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Everybody accepts that there is no chance of an agreement to extend the fast-track deadline beyond the beginning of March.
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The agency unilaterally extended its deadline for providing the material.
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But the company planning the takeover has said its determined to fight on, and has extended its deadline for shareholders.
face
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Cost estimators usually operate under pressure, especially when facing deadlines .
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Owners are faced with a Wednesday deadline to make a decision.
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Clinton faces a June 3 deadline for action on the trade status.
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The port now faces a July 1 deadline to produce a plan to permanently reduce the presence of metals.
give
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New Zealand international hooker Duane Mann has also been given a deadline of next week to decide on his new deal.
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These pamphlets and forms give specific information regarding deadlines .
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When pressed, he gave a new deadline of May 7, 1999&038;.
impose
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The opposition had imposed a deadline of Aug. 31 for Nabiyev to restore stability or resign.
meet
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If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible.
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Conversely, if a person expects that meeting deadlines will not earn praise, he or she may not be as motivated.
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This makes it highly unlikely that the council will be able to meet the three-month deadline on any site.
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Their work can be stressful, as they attempt to schedule work to meet deadlines .
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Success in meeting the deadline means a stiffer one next time.
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Most work at least 40 hours a week and may work much longer on occasion to meet project deadlines .
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Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.
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Kolbe said the novel move was necessary to meet budget-submission deadlines .
miss
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Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted.
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A federal law spells out the penalties for missing the deadline to cut air pollution.
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Subconsciously I was terrified of missing my two-hourly deadline .
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Maybe it was the missed deadline that raised the issue; it made everyone irritable.
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Yet the obstacles that it has run into make it probable that even it will miss the end-1992 deadline .
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Minor mistakes or missing the May 15 deadline could end in the loss of payments.
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If you have missed the deadline you need to act promptly to minimise any further charges.
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The obvious implication is that many asylum seekers may miss the deadline and lose the chance to appeal.
pass
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We were, however, grateful to receive a copy subsequently, even though a month had passed since the deadline for comments.
submit
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And the deadline for submitting the illustrations was getting uncomfortably close.
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The General Services Administration has set Oct. 6 as the deadline to submit written comment on its environmental report.
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The government has set June 11 as the deadline for submitting bids, and hopes to select a concessionaire by July 3.
trade
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Let him play for the Astros, at least to the July trading deadline , to set his price.
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The agent expects an attitude adjustment to coincide with passage of the trading deadline at 6 p. m. Thursday.
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For the Sox, the baseball trading deadline was Game 5.
work
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A strong background in quantitative analysis, careful attention to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential skills.
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Reporters are always in a hurry and working on deadline .
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Ability to work to a deadline under pressure was another skill I was quizzed about.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
meet a deadline
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Journalists have to work very quickly in order to meet their deadlines.
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Without extra help, it's going to be very difficult to meet the Friday deadline.
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Conversely, if a person expects that meeting deadlines will not earn praise, he or she may not be as motivated.
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It is a measure of Minton's professionalism that he continued to meet deadlines and to produce an abundance of work.
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Nell is your colleague, and you suspect she has never met a deadline in her life.
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The company recently has been regrouping after it failed to meet a deadline to provide service early this year.
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Their work can be stressful, as they attempt to schedule work to meet deadlines.
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Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Delegates had set a November deadline for completing the negotiations in Geneva, which began in January 1995.
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I have no fear and, despite the deadline Letterman has conjured up, no sense of urgency.
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Many believe the early deadlines for qualification limited the number of initiatives that made the ballot.
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That deadline is fast approaching, and from the end of December Jubilee 2000 will be no more.
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The deadline to register to vote in the primary is August 18.
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The deadlines refer to the time at which the convergence conditions will be examined.
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Wilson said he will seek to push back the deadline either through a filing with the court or through an appeal.
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Working under pressure to meet a deadline had a motivating effect.