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- DictionaryDue/do͞o/
adjective
- 1. expected at or planned for at a certain time: "the baby's due in August"
- 2. of the proper quality or extent; adequate: "driving without due care and attention"
noun
- 1. a person's right; what is owed to someone: "he attracts more criticism than is his due"
- 2. an obligatory payment; a fee: "he had paid union dues for years"
adverb
- 1. (with reference to a point of the compass) exactly; directly: "we'll head due south again on the same road"
Due definition: owed at present; having reached the date for payment. See examples of DUE used in a sentence.
DUE meaning: 1. expected or planned: 2. because of something: 3. Money that is due is owed to someone and must…. Learn more.
3 days ago · 1. owed at present; having reached the date for payment. This bill is due. 2. owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived. This bill is due next month. 3. owing or observed as a moral or natural right. 4.
due something I'm still due 15 days' leave. due for something She's due for promotion soon. suitable/right [only before noun] (formal) that is suitable or right in the circumstances. After due consideration, we have decided to appoint Mr Davis to the job. Due allowance should be made for inexperience.
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Etymology
From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre, present active infinitive of dēbeō (“I owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“I have”).
Pronunciation
1. (UK) enPR: dyo͞o, jo͞o, IPA(key): /djuː/, /dʒuː/ 2. (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /du/ 3. (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: jo͞o, IPA(key): /dʒʉː/ 4. (Canada) IPA(key): /d(j)uː/, /dɪu̯/ 5. Rhymes: -uː 6. Homophone: dew 6.1. (yod-dropping): do, doo, doux, Doubs 6.2. (yod-coalescence): Jew, jew
Adjective
due (comparative more due, superlative most due) 1. Owed or owing. 1.1. Synonyms: needed, owing, to be made, required 1.2. He is duefour weeks of back pay. 1.3. The amount dueis just three quid. 1.4. The duebills total nearly seven thousand dollars. 1.5. He can wait for the amount duehim. 2. Appropriate. 2.1. With all duerespect, you're wrong about that. 2.1. 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentle...
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.
Numeral
due 1. two
Etymology
From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ, cognate with Norwegian due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːu] 2. Synonym: duge
Noun
due c (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer) 1. pigeon, dove
Etymology
From du + -e.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈdue/ 2. Rhymes: -ue
Adverb
due 1. secondly
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /dy/
Participle
due f sg 1. feminine singular of dû
Further reading
1. “due”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From du (“two”) + -e.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈdu̯e/
Adverb
due 1. both 1.1. Synonym: ambe (neologism)
Alternative forms
1. dui (archaic, literary) 2. duo m or f (archaic, literary)
Etymology
From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈdu.e/ 2. Rhymes: -ue 3. Hyphenation: dù‧e
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈdu.e/
Numeral
due 1. Alternative form of dué (“two”)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, unclear, dark; deep”). Cognate with Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove.
Etymology 2
From the pronoun du (“you”), from Old Norse þú (“you”), from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).
Etymology 3
Misspelling, or a dialectal form, of duge (“to help; be useful”), from Old Norse duga (“to help, aid; do, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, avail”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe (“to be productive”), from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; be strong, have force”).
From Longman Business Dictionary due /djuːduː/ adjective 1 [ not before a noun] if an amount of money is due, it must be paid now or at the stated time Breakwater said it was unable to meet an interest payment due yesterday. → see also past due 2 [ only before a noun] proper and expected by law He was charged with driving without due care ...
due adjective; due adverb; due date noun; due diligence noun; due process of law noun; due dates; due process; in due course; with all due respect; give credit where credit is due; See more Idioms. in due course; with all due respect; give credit where credit is due
