What's the Deadline for This Project? Meaning and Usage

Meaning 1：ask for project deadline (What's the deadline for this project?)

What's the deadline for this project? 🔊

/wɒts ðə ˈdedlaɪn fɔːr ðɪs ˈprɒdʒekt/

phrase

A question asking for the final date or time by which a specific project must be finished.

Team asking project deadline with calendar marked

ask for project deadline 🔊

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/æsk fɔːr ˈprɒdʒɛkt ˈdɛdlaɪn/

phrase

This phrase is used to inquire about the final date or time by which a specific project must be completed.

📁 Category：Time & Dates 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Compound of 'dead' (fixed) + 'line' (boundary); originally from Civil War prison camps.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a line you cannot cross; if you do, your project 'dies' — miss the deadline.

📖 Example

What's the deadline for this project? I need to know so I can plan my work schedule. 🔊 What's the deadline for this project? I need to know so I can plan my work schedule.

🔗 Collocations

meet the deadline – Complete the project by the due date

deadline extension – Permission to submit after the original due date

set a deadline – Establish a final date for completion

🔄 Synonyms

due date (noun) – The date by which something is expected to be finished

cutoff date (noun) – A date after which something is no longer accepted

time limit (noun) – A fixed period of time within which something must be done

🚫 Antonyms

open-ended (adjective) – Having no predetermined limit or deadline

no deadline (noun phrase) – A situation where no final date has been set

📖 Cultural Story

During the American Civil War, a 'dead line' was a line beyond which prisoners would be shot. The term evolved to mean any fixed limit, especially for project completion.