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[edit] English

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French  (due), past participle of devoir (to owe)

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due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

Positive
due

Comparative
more due

Superlative
most due

  1. Owed or owing
    Payment is due him in ten days.
  2. Appropriate.
    With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
  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.

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due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

Positive
due

Comparative
more due

Superlative
most due

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

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Singular
due

Plural
dues

due (plural dues)

  1. Deserved acknowledgment.
    Give him his due — he is a good actor.
  2. (in plural dues) A membership fee.

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From Old Norse dúfa.

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  • IPA: /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːə], [ˈd̥uːu]

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due c. (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)

  1. pigeon
  2. dove

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du + -e

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due

  1. secondly

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due f.

  1. Feminine past participle of devoir.

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Latin duo

Italian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3   > 
    Cardinal : due
    Ordinal : secondo

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due m. and f. inv.

  1. two

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due m. inv.

  1. two

le due f. plural

  1. two o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

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due

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due c.

  1. dove (bird)


This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at dove. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see due in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009