due en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dʒʉː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /dʒʉw/ yod-coalescence
- /dju/ (Canada, traditional)
- /djuː/ no yod-coalescence
- /dɪu̯/ (Canada)
- jo͞o yod-coalescence
- (US) audio
- dyo͞o no yod-coalescence
- jo͞o (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /du/ yod-dropping
- (UK) audio
- /du/ (Canada) more recent, yod-dropping
- /dʒuː/ yod-coalescence
- /djʉw/ no yod-coalescence
- do͞o yod-dropping
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”).
Meanings
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Owed or owing.
He can wait for the amount due him.
The amount due is just three quid.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
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Appropriate.
With dirges due, in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
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Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.
As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:When is your baby due?
The train is due in five minutes.
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Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:The baby is just about due.
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Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:the milky aspect be due to a confusion of small stars
1852, James David Forbes, “Dissertation on the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
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On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most due | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more due | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tax due · credit where credit's due · taxes due · postage due · undue · fall due · duly · due care and attention · give credit where credit is due · postage due stamp · with due respect · with all due respect · due process · dueful · dueness · due to · due course · in due time · postage-due stamp · in due course · due diligence · due day · underdue · due place · overdue · due and payable · due process of law · duebill · make due · due date · past due
Synonyms
expected · needed · to be made · owing · expected · forecast · required
Translations (65)
hu fizetendő (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · cs očekávaný (4. of a baby: expected to be born at the stated time) · fi odotettavissa (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · gd inbheach (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · es que sale de cuenta (s) (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · cs plánovaný (3. of public transport: supposed to arrive at the stated time) · es que es para (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · fi erääntyvä (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · de fällig (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · fi asiaankuuluva (2. appropriate) · cs dovršený (4. having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time) · hu várható (4. of a baby: expected to be born at the stated time) · hu esedékes (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · hu ki van írva (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · hi देय (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · gv appee (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · cs v očekávání (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · ru ожида́емый (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · hu időszerű (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · fi tulollaan (4. having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time) · cs očekávaný (3. of public transport: supposed to arrive at the stated time) · fi aikataulun mukaan (3. of public transport: supposed to arrive at the stated time) · pl należny (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · pt devido (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · fr plein (6. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass) · cs nastávající (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · uk очі́куванний (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · cs zasloužený (2. appropriate) · ru надлежа́щий (2. appropriate) · hu helyénvaló (2. appropriate) · cs náležitý (2. appropriate) · tl hanggan (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · es fuera de cuenta (s) (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · eo ŝuldata (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · pl spodziewany (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · bg дължим (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · ru подоба́ющий (2. appropriate) · hu várható (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · eo taŭga (2. appropriate) · fi maksettava (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · hu jogosult (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · hu járó (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · fi erääntynyt (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · cs nastalý (4. having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time) · da skyldig (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · fi myöhässä (4. having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time) · es que tiene fecha para (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · cs příslušný (2. appropriate) · fi asianmukainen (2. appropriate) · pt devido (2. appropriate) · de fällig (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · ka გადასახდელი (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · cs splatný (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · hu jogos (2. appropriate) · fr dû (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · fi see laskettu aika (4. of a pregnant woman: due to give birth on the stated date) · cs mající nastat (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · es debido (2. appropriate) · hu várható (3. of public transport: supposed to arrive at the stated time) · ru причита́ющийся (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · fi see laskettu aika (4. of a baby: expected to be born at the stated time) · ru подлежа́щий опла́те (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · es que está para (3. of an event: scheduled, expected) · gd inbheach (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time) · da forfalden (1. owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time)