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Webster 1913 Edition

Due

Due

,
Adj.
[OF.
deu
, F.
dû
, p. p. of
devoir
to owe, fr. L.
debere
. See
Debt
,
Habit
, and cf.
Duty
.]
1.
Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
2.
Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
Her obedience, which is
due
to me.
Shakespeare
With dirges
due
, in sad array,
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
Gray.
3.
Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact;
as,
due
process of law;
due
service; in
due
time.
4.
Appointed or required to arrive at a given time;
as, the steamer was
due
yesterday
.
5.
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
This effect is
due
to the attraction of the sun.
J. D. Forbes.

Due

,
adv.
Directly; exactly;
as, a
due
east course
.

Due

,
Noun.
1.
That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
He will give the devil his
due
.
Shakespeare
Yearly little
dues
of wheat, and wine, and oil.
Tennyson.
2.
Right; just title or claim.
The key of this infernal pit by
due
. . .
I keep
.
Milton.

Due

,
Verb.
T.
To endue.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Due

DUE

,
Adj.
Du. [L., Gr., to bind. It has no connection with owe.]
1.
Owed; that ought to be paid or done to another. That is due from me to another which contract, justice or propriety requires me to pay, and which he may justly claim as his right. Reverence is due to the creator; civility is due from one man to another. Money is due at the expiration of the credit given, or at the period promised.
2.
Proper; fit; appropriate; suitable; becoming; required by the circumstances; as, the event was celebrated with due solemnities. Men seldom have a due sense of their depravity.
3.
Seasonable; as, he will come in due time.
4.
Exact; proper; as, the musicians keep due time.
5.
Owing to; occasioned by. [Little used.]
6.
That ought to have arrived, or to be present, before the time specified; as, two mails are now due.

DUE

,
adv.
Directly; exactly; as a due east course.

DUE

,
Noun.
1.
That which is owed; that which one contracts to pay, do or perform to another; that which law or justice requires to be paid or done. The money that I contract to pay to another is his due; the service which I covenant to perform to another is his due; reverence to the creator is his due.
2.
That which office, rank, station, social relations, or established rules of right or decorum, require to be given, paid or done. Respect and obedience to parents and magistrates are their due.
3.
That which law or custom requires; as toll, tribute, fees of office, or other legal perquisites.
4.
Right; just title.
The key of this infernal pit by due--I keep.

DUE

,
Verb.
T.
To pay as due. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

due

due

See also: du'e, dü, and -dü

English

Adjective

due ‎(comparative more due, superlative most due)

  1. Owed or owing.
    He is due four weeks of back pay.‎
    The amount due is just three quid.‎
    The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.‎
    He can wait for the amount due him.‎
  2. Appropriate.
    With all due respect, you're wrong about that.‎
    • Gray
      With dirges due, in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
  3. Scheduled; expected.
    Rain is due this afternoon.‎
    The train is due in five minutes.‎
    When is your baby due?‎
  4. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
    The baby is just about due.‎
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
      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.
  5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
    The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.‎
    • J. D. Forbes
      This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      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.

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Adverb

due ‎(comparative more due, superlative most due)

  1. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
    The river runs due north for about a mile.

Translations

Noun

due ‎(plural dues)

  1. Deserved acknowledgment.
    Give him his due — he is a good actor.
    • 2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London):
      Chelsea, to give them their due, did start to cut out the defensive lapses as the game went on but they needed to because their opponents were throwing everything at them in those stages and, if anything, seemed encouraged by the message that Mourinho’s Rémy-Cahill switch sent out.
  2. (in plural dues) A membership fee.
  3. 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.
    • Shakespeare
      He will give the devil his due.
    • Tennyson
      Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.
  4. Right; just title or claim.
    • Milton
      The key of this infernal pit by due […] I keep.

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Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: opportunity · lines · personal · #794: due · Henry · society · boat

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Norwegian Bokmål due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, West Frisian do, German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːə], [ˈd̥uːu]

Noun

due c (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)

  1. pigeon
  2. dove

Derived terms

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

du + -e

Adverb

due

  1. secondly

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dy/

Participle

due

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of devoir

Italian

Italian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : due
    Ordinal : secondo
    Multiplier : doppio
    Distributive : doppiamente
    Collective : entrambi
    Fractional : mezzo

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.e/, [ˈd̪uːe]
  • Hyphenation: dù‧e

Numeral

due

  1. (cardinal) two

Adjective

due m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. two

Noun

due m ‎(invariable)

  1. two

due f pl

  1. (following the article le) two o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)
    Sono le due.‎ ― It's two o'clock.

Derived terms

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso due tre quattro cinque sei sette
otto nove dieci fante donna,
regina 		re jolly, joker,
matta
  • Appendix:Italian numbers

Norwegian Bokmål

due

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Noun

due f, m ‎(definite singular dua or duen, indefinite plural duer, definite plural duene)

  1. dove, pigeon, culver (bird)

Hyponyms

  • duestegg

Derived terms

References

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French deu ‎(“due”), past participle of devoir ‎(“to owe”), from Latin debere ‎(“to owe”), from de ‎(“from”) + habere ‎(“to have”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /djuː/
    • Homophone: dew
  • (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /du/
  • Rhymes: -uː

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