tight deadline
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3.6
- noun
- /taɪt ˈdɛdlaɪn/
:
plazo ajustado
- The team worked late into the night to finish the report because they were facing a tight deadline.
Maybe the graphic designer was on a tight deadline, you know, and maybe he or she was was Russian.
- Maybe the graphic designer was on a tight deadline, you know, and maybe he or she was was Russian.
Examples
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Still, some observers worry about the lack of capacity to execute complicated reform initiatives given tight deadlines.
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The tight deadline was a major challenge to building the cyclofeeder," recalled Hans Wolf, a civil and mechanical engineer and senior project manager at Lockerbie & Hole.
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We're on a really tight deadline here.
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We're on a very, very tight deadline.
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The last third of that one feels like she wrote it in three days under a tight deadline.
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But I'm on a tight deadline.
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After all, time is money, and engineering is always under very tight deadlines.
Academic text (2011) -
However, we'd be on a tight deadline.
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Although under constant pressure from tight deadlines, successful businesses such as Boston Cedar remain in touch with marketplace dynamics and are flexible in meeting changing needs.
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We were working on a tight deadline to have the book published in time—a deadline that did not grant us the luxury of writing, pitching, and working within a publisher's calendar.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.8
A time by which something must be finished
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2.7
A set time by which you must finish something
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4.2
A short time when people must work very hard to finish something
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4.5
A situation where people must finish something quickly before it is too late
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Morphology
The meaning 'a short or inflexible time limit' is directly derivable from combining 'tight' (meaning narrow/strict/limited) with 'deadline' (a time by which work must be finished). This simple adjective+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Tight deadline comes from the word deadline, meaning a final time limit, and tight, meaning narrow or squeezing. Imagine the hours being squeezed together with little room to finish your work, so it now means 'a very short time to complete a task'.