due

Plural: dues

Noun

• Something that is owed or rightfully belongs to someone.
• that which is deserved or owed
  • "give the devil his due"
• a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
  • "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"
• Deserved acknowledgment.
• A membership fee.
• 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.
• Right; just title or claim.

Adjective

• owed and payable immediately or on demand
  • "payment is due"
• suitable to or expected in the circumstances
  • "all due respect"
  • "due cause to honor them"
  • "a long due promotion"
  • "in due course"
  • "due esteem"
  • "exercising due care"

Adjective Satellite

• scheduled to arrive
  • "the train is due in 15 minutes"
• capable of being assigned or credited to
  • "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"

Adverb

• directly or exactly; straight
  • "went due North"

Adj

• Owed or owing.
• Appropriate.
• Scheduled; expected.
• Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
• Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
• On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

Adv

• Directly; exactly.

Examples

• After that impressive bingo, he was certainly DUE a round of applause from the Scrabble crowd.
• Give him his due – he is a good actor.
• He can wait for the amount due him.
• He is due four weeks of back pay.
• Rain is due this afternoon.
• The amount due is just three quid.
• The baby is just about due.
• The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
• The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
• The river runs due north for about a mile.
• The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
• The train is due in five minutes.
• When is your baby due?
• With all due respect, you're wrong about that.

Synonyms

ascribable, imputable, referable, expected, forecast, needed, owing, required, to be made

Antonyms

undue

Anagrams of due