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due — English adjective · Kenne

adjective#759 by frequency

due

/djuː/

Owed or owing; Appropriate; Scheduled; expected

comparative: more due
superlative: most due

Meanings

1
Owed or owing
- Work is due to begin tomorrow.
  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
- When is the ship due to arrive?
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
Appropriate
3
Scheduled; expected
4
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time
5
Owing; ascribable, as to a causerare
6
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compassrare

adverbnot in the study set

due

/djuː/

Directly; exactly

Meanings

1
Directly; exactly

nounnot in the study set

due

/djuː/

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

plural: dues

Meanings

1
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
- Cross off the names of the people who have paid their dues.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- You have to give him his due.
  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
Deserved acknowledgment
3
A membership feerare
4
Right; just title or claimrare