due
pronunciation
How to pronounce due in British English:
UK [djuː]
How to pronounce due in American English:
US [duː]
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- Noun:
- that which is deserved or owed
- a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
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- Adjective:
- owed and payable immediately or on demand
- proper and appropriate; fitting
- scheduled to arrive
- suitable to or expected in the circumstances
- reasonable in the circumstances
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- Adverb:
- directly or exactly; straight
Word Origin
- due
- due: see duty
- due (adj.)
- early 14c., "customary, regular;" mid-14c., "owing, payable," from Old French deu, past participle of devoir "to owe," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt). In reference to points of the compass (as in due east) it is attested from c. 1600, originally nautical, from notion of "fitting, rightful." As an adverb from 1590s; as a noun from early 15c. Prepositional phrase due to (much maligned by grammarians) is from 1897.
Antonym
Example
- 1. This lacklustre performance is probably not due to mismanagement .
- 2. He 's easily fooled due tohis low iq .
- 3. Greecehas a 14.4 billion bond due on march 20th .
- 4. Paying due attention may even have financial benefits .
- 5. Congress is also due to write a new farm bill .