Dictionary Definition
due adj
2 proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly
deserved punishment"; "due esteem" [syn: deserved]
3 scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15
minutes" [syn: due(p)]
4 suitable to or expected in the circumstances;
"all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due
promotion"; "in due course" [ant: undue]
5 reasonable in the circumstances; "gave my
comments due consideration"; "exercising due care"
Noun
1 that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil
his due"
2 a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of
membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues" adv
: directly or exactly; straight; "went due North"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Of a payment, to be made by the stated time.
- Payment is due in ten days.
- Of an event, supposed to occur at the stated time.
- Rain is due this afternoon.
- Of public transport, supposed to arrive at the stated time.
- The train is due in five minutes.
- Of a baby, expected to be born at the stated time.
- When is your baby due?
- Of a pregnant
woman, due to give birth on the stated date.
- When are you due?
Synonyms
- italbrac of a payment needed, owing, to be made, required
- italbrac of an event: expected, forecast
- italbrac of a vehicle: expected
Derived terms
Translations
of a payment, to be made by the stated time
- Finnish: erääntyvä
- French: dû, due
- German: fällig
- Polish: należny
- Scottish Gaelic: inbheach
of an event, supposed to occur at the stated
time
- German: fällig
- Polish: spodziewany
- Scottish Gaelic: inbheach
of public transport, supposed to arrive at the
stated time
of a baby, expected to be born at the stated
time
of a pregnant woman, due to give birth on the
stated date
Adverb
due- italbrac
used with compass directions Directly or exactly.
- due north
Translations
used with compass directions: directly or
exactly
- Portuguese: exatamente
Noun
- Deserved acknowledgment.
- Give him his due — he is a good actor.
- (in plural dues) A membership fee.
Derived terms
Translations
deserved acknowledgement
- Russian: должное
Danish
Noun
due (plural duer)French
Adjective
due- feminine singular of dû
Italian
Pronunciation
- [ˈdue]
Etymology
Latin duoCardinal number
due (invariable)Noun
due (plural due)Extensive Definition
DUE may stand for:
- DNA unwinding element
- Drug utilization evaluation
- due, Italian word for two
- Due – Due, the football match between Denmark and Sweden in the UEFA Euro 2004.
- Membership fees in organizations
- seealso Union dues
- Postage due
- Due, a Mindless Self Indulgence song
due in Esperanto: DUE
due in Italian: DUE
due in Japanese: DUE
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
according to Hoyle, accountable, accounts
payable, accounts receivable, acknowledgment, adequate, alleged, amount due, ample, anticipated, appropriate, appurtenance, arrearage, arrears, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, authority, awaited, back, bad debts, balanced, barely sufficient,
bill, bills, birthright, borrowing, charged, charges, chits, claim, cognizance, comeuppance, coming, coming to, commensurate, compensation, competent, condign, conjugal right,
correct, corresponding, credit, credited, crediting, dead, dead ahead, debt, decent, decorous, defensible, demand, derivable from, derivational, derivative, deserts, deserved, deserving, direct, directly, divine right,
droit, due north, dueness, dues, earned, enough, entitled to, entitlement, equal to,
equitable, even, evenhanded, expected, explicable, faculty, fair, fair and square, financial
commitment, fit, fitting, floating debt, foreseen, forthright, funded debt,
good, good enough, guerdon, hoped-for, imminent, imputable, imputed, in a beeline, in
arrear, in arrears, in line with, in prospect, in view, inalienable
right, indebtedness, indebtment, interest, just, justifiable, justified, kosher, lawful, legal, level, liability, long-expected,
lust, mature, maturity, meet, meet and right, merit, merited, meriting, meritorious, minimal, minimum, national debt, natural
right, need, nice, normal, normative, obligation, on the horizon,
outstanding,
outstanding debt, overdue, owed, owing, payable, payment, pledge, plenty, plenty good enough,
power, prerogative, prescription, presumed, presumptive right,
pretense, pretension, probable, promised, proper, proper claim, property
right, proportionate, prospective, public debt,
putative, receivable, recognition, recompense, recompensing, redeemable, referable, referred to,
repayment, reprisal, requisite, retaliation, retribution, revenge, reward, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rights, satisfaction, satisfactory, score, seemly, square, straight, straight across,
straight ahead, straightforward,
straightforwards,
straightly, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for,
sufficing, suitable, title, traceable, uncollectibles, undeviatingly, unfulfilled
pledge, unpaid, unsettled, unswervingly, unveeringly, up to, vengeance, vested interest,
vested right, warrantable, warranted, what is owing,
worthy of