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due

adj
/djuː//dju/CA

Etymology

From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).

  1. derived from dēbeō — “to owe”
  2. derived from deu
  3. derived from dewe

Definitions

  1. Owed or owing.

    • He is due four weeks of back pay.
    • The amount due is just three quid.
    • The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.

  2. Appropriate.

    • With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
    • With dirges due, in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.

  3. Scheduled

    Scheduled; expected.

    • Rain is due this afternoon.
    • The train is due in five minutes.
    • When is your baby due?
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

      • The baby is just about due.

    2. Owing

      Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

      • The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
      • the milky aspect be due to a confusion of small stars

    3. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.

      • The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.

    4. Directly

      Directly; exactly.

      • The river runs due north for about a mile.

    5. Deserved acknowledgment.

      • Give him his due – he is a good actor.

    6. A membership fee.

    7. That which is owed

      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.

      • He will give the devil his due.
      • Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil, / Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil, / Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil; […]
      • For I am but an earthly Muse, ⁠And owning but a little art ⁠To lull with song an aching heart, And render human love his dues; […]

    8. Right

      Right; just title or claim.

      • The key of this infernal pit by due […] I keep.

    9. A surname.

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Derived

credit where credit's due, due and payable, duebill, due care and attention, due course, due date, due diligence, dueful, dueness, due place, due process, due process of law, due to, duly, fall due, give credit where credit is due, in due course, in due time, make due, overdue, postage due, postage-due stamp, postage due stamp, tax due, taxes due, underdue, undue, with all due respect, with due respect, give someone his due, give the devil his due

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA