English Explanatory Dictionary

due

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Owed or owing.
  2. Appropriate.
  3. Scheduled; expected.
  4. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
  5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
  6. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.
adv
  1. Directly; exactly.
noun
  1. Deserved acknowledgment.
  2. A membership fee.
  3. 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.
  4. Right; just title or claim.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/djuː/ dyo͞o /dʒuː/ jo͞o /djʉw/ /dʒʉw/ do͞o /du/ en-uk-dew.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-due.wav en-us-dew.ogg /dʒʉː/ /dju/ /dɪu̯/

Word forms

due more due most due dues

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”).

Synonyms

needed owing to be made required expected forecast

Derived words

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

Translations

Czech: očekávaný Finnish: see laskettu aika Hungarian: várható
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