due
//djuː//
Forms
- Comparative
- more due
- Superlative
- most due
- Comparative
- more due
- Superlative
- most due
- Plural
- dues
Definitions
1.Owed or owing.
- He is due four weeks of back pay.
- The amount due is just three quid.
- He can wait for the amount due him.
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; expected.
- The train is due in five minutes.
- When is your baby due?
- Rain is due this afternoon.
4.Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
- The baby is just about due.
1.Directly; exactly.
- The river runs due north for about a mile.
1.Deserved acknowledgment.
- Give him his due – he is a good actor.
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.
- He will give the devil his due.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1277
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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”).