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due
[ doo, dyoo ]
adjective
- owed at present; having reached the date for payment:
This bill is due.
- owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived:
This bill is due next month.
- owing or observed as a moral or natural right.
- rightful; proper; fitting:
due care; in due time.
- adequate; sufficient:
a due margin for delay.
- under engagement as to time; expected to be ready, be present, or arrive; scheduled:
The plane is due at noon.
noun
- something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Usually dues. a regular fee or charge payable at specific intervals, especially to a group or organization:
membership dues.
adverb
- directly or exactly:
a due east course.
- Obsolete. duly.
due
/ ː /
adjective
- postpositive immediately payable
- postpositive owed as a debt, irrespective of any date for payment
- requisite; fitting; proper
- prenominal adequate or sufficient; enough
- postpositive expected or appointed to be present or arrive
the train is now due
- due toattributable to or caused by
noun
- something that is owed, required, or due
- give a person his dueto give or allow a person what is deserved or right
adverb
- directly or exactly; straight
a course due west
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱn noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of due1
Idioms and Phrases
- due to,
- attributable to; ascribable to:
The delay was due to heavy traffic.
- because of; owing to:
All planes are grounded due to fog.
- give someone his / her due,
- to give what justice demands; treat fairly:
Even though he had once cheated me, I tried to give him his due.
- to credit a disliked or dishonorable person for something that is likable, honorable, or the like.
- pay one's dues, to earn respect, a position, or a right by hard work, sacrifice, or experience:
She's a famous musician now, but she paid her dues with years of practice and performing in small towns.
More idioms and phrases containing due
In addition to the idiom beginning with due , also see give credit (where it's due) ; give someone his or her due ; give the devil his due ; in due course ; pay one's dues ; with all due respect .Example Sentences
The Lakers did buy in, even when the season came to a pause due to a historic natural disaster, even when the main characters changed due to a historic superstar swap.
Eights strike days and an indefinite marking and assessment boycott, due to start on 6 May, were scheduled last month.
A prominent Tanzanian Catholic priest and government critic has been violently attacked amid rising political tensions ahead of elections due in October.
After Wednesday's quarter-final 13-9 win over Si Jiahui there was also an open admission that he has only reached the last four due to the shortcomings of his opponents so far.
Without dissent, without facts, without the ability to speak truth to power, you cannot have due process.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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