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in due course en · ADV

Meanings

1. When the time is right; presently; eventually.
   • March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary […] he began to set his sights on some of the most fundamental questions concerning the physical nature of the universe. In due course, he would achieve extraordinary successes against the severest physical disabilities.
   • If something utterly dreadful happens to you, shrug it off, put it down to experience and, in due course, turn it into an anecdote. 2016 June 9, Caroline Taggart, Her Ladyship's Guide to the Art of Conversation, Batsford Books, →ISBN:
   • The kitchen will be painted in due course.
   • The Stage I electrified area has been resignalled throughout with colour-lights, which in due course will be associated with B.R. standard A.W.S., and 27 signalboxes now do the work of the steam age's 56. 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 713:

Synonyms

when the time comes · in good time · in due time · time is ripe · all in good time

Translations (19)

sk zavčas (when the time is right) · fr en temps voulu (when the time is right) · mi nāwai nāwai (when the time is right) · ru в своё вре́мя (when the time is right) · ru своевре́менно (when the time is right) · sk včasne (when the time is right) · mi nāwai rā (when the time is right) · sk zavčasu (when the time is right) · ru до́лжным о́бразом (when the time is right) · sv i sinom tid (when the time is right) · cmn 在適當的時候 /在适当的时候 (when the time is right) · fi aikanaan (when the time is right) · fr en temps et en heure (when the time is right) · fr au moment voulu (when the time is right) · eo post iom da tempo (when the time is right) · fr en temps utile (when the time is right) · nl te zijner tijd (when the time is right) · fr le moment venu (when the time is right) · pl we właściwym czasie (when the time is right)