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DUE
due
(adjective) owed and payable immediately or on demand; âpayment is dueâ
due
(adjective) suitable to or expected in the circumstances; âall due respectâ; âdue cause to honor themâ; âa long due promotionâ; âin due courseâ; âdue esteemâ; âexercising due careâ
ascribable, due, imputable, referable
(adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to; âpunctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreadingâ; âthe cancellation of the concert was due to the rainâ; âthe oversight was not imputable to himâ
due
(adjective) scheduled to arrive; âthe train is due in 15 minutesâ
due
(adverb) directly or exactly; straight; âwent due Northâ
due
(noun) that which is deserved or owed; âgive the devil his dueâ
due
(noun) a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); âthe society dropped him for non-payment of duesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
due (comparative more due, superlative most due)
Owed or owing.
Synonyms: needed, owing, to be made, required
Appropriate.
Scheduled; expected.
Synonyms: expected, forecast
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
Synonym: expected
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
Adverb
due (comparative more due, superlative most due)
(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
Noun
due (plural dues)
Deserved acknowledgment.
(in plural dues) A membership fee.
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
Right; just title or claim.
Hyponyms
• light due
Anagrams
• Deu., edu
Proper noun
Due (plural Dues)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Due is the 18354th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1509 individuals. Due is most common among White (82.31%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Deu., edu
Source: Wiktionary
Due, a. Etym: [OF. deu, F. dĂ», p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.]
1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. Her obedience, which is due to me. Shak. With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Gray.
3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.
4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. J. D. Forbes.
Due, adv.
Definition: Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
Due, n.
1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll. He will give the devil his due. Shak. Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. Tennyson.
2. Right; just title or claim. The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. Milton.
Due, v. t.
Definition: To endue. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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