A deadline is the latest time for completing something.
The idea
Use meet a deadline when work is finished by the required time. The past is met.
Examples
- We met the deadline for the report.
- The designers must meet a tight deadline.
- Can you meet the deadline on Friday?
- The printer broke, but the shop met its deadline.
- Extra help let us meet the application deadline.
- The museum team is working late to meet the exhibition deadline.
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Watch out
Do not say make a deadline to mean finishing on time; it can mean setting a deadline instead.
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Choose the missing word. We must ___ the deadline for the grant. (meet / met)
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meet
meet: follows the modal in its base form.
Choose the missing word. The editor ___ the deadline yesterday. (met / meets)
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met
met: places the completed work in the past.
Choose the missing word. Our studio always ___ the deadline. (meets / meet)
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meets
meets: agrees with the singular subject.
Practice round
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Choose the missing word. We must ___ the deadline for the grant. (meet / met)
Choose the missing word. The editor ___ the deadline yesterday. (met / meets)
Choose the missing word. Our studio always ___ the deadline. (meets / meet)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a deadline you had and how you met it.