Sekirov Dictionary

due

/dju/

adjective 6
noun 4
adverb 1
forms 3
phrases 3

adjective6

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Owed or owing.
- He is due four weeks of back pay.
- The amount due is just three quid.
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the result of something, or caused by it
- The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
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Scheduled; expected.
- Rain is due this afternoon.
- The train is due in five minutes.
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Appropriate.
- With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
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Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
- The baby is just about due.
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On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.
- The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.

noun4

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Deserved acknowledgment.
- Give him his due – he is a good actor.
[in the plural] A membership fee.
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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.
- He will give the devil his due. — 1597
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Right; just title or claim.
- The key of this infernal pit by due […] I keep. — 1667

adverb1

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Directly; exactly.
- The river runs due north for about a mile.

forms

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Phrases with due

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