due

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

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.
  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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Translations [edit]

owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time
appropriate
of an event, scheduled, expected
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
having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time

Adverb [edit]

due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

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

Translations [edit]

used with compass directions: directly or exactly

Noun [edit]

due (plural dues)

  1. Deserved acknowledgment.
    Give him his due — he is a good actor.
  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.
    • 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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Translations [edit]

deserved acknowledgement

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Danish [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse dúfa.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːə], [ˈd̥uːu]

Noun [edit]

due c (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)

  1. pigeon
  2. dove

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from “due”

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of due
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative due duen duer duerne
genitive dues duens duers duernes

Esperanto [edit]

Etymology [edit]

du + -e

Adverb [edit]

due

  1. secondly

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

due f

  1. feminine past participle of devoir

Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin duo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

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

Adjective [edit]

due m and f (invariable)

  1. two

Noun [edit]

due m (invariable)

  1. two

le due f pl

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

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Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

due

Noun [edit]

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

  1. dove, pigeon, culver (bird)

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