due
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[edit] English
[edit] 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”)
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[edit] Adjective
due (comparative more due, superlative most due)
- 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.
- Appropriate.
- With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
- Scheduled; expected.
- Rain is due this afternoon.
- The train is due in five minutes.
- When is your baby due?
- Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time
- The baby is just about due.
[edit] Synonyms
- (owed or owing): needed, owing, to be made, required
- (appropriate):
- (scheduled, expected): expected, forecast
- (having reached the scheduled or natural time): expected
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[edit] Translations
of a payment, to be made by the stated time
of an event, supposed to occur at the stated time
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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
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[edit] Adverb
due (comparative more due, superlative most due)
[edit] Translations
used with compass directions: directly or exactly
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[edit] Noun
due (plural dues)
- Deserved acknowledgment.
- Give him his due — he is a good actor.
- (in plural dues) A membership fee.
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deserved acknowledgement
[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: opportunity · lines · personal · #794: due · Henry · society · boat
[edit] External links
- due in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- due in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- due at OneLook Dictionary Search
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse dúfa.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːə], [ˈd̥uːu]
[edit] Noun
due c. (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from “due”
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of due
[edit] Esperanto
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[edit] Adverb
due
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /dy/
[edit] Verb
due f.
- feminine past participle of devoir
[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈdue]
[edit] Etymology
From Latin duo.
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| Cardinal : due Ordinal : secondo Multiplier : doppio |
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[edit] Adjective
due m. and f. inv.
[edit] Noun
due m. inv.
le due f. plural
- two o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)
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[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Noun
due m. or f. (definite singular dua/duen; indefinite plural duer; definite plural duene)
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English adjectives
- English adverbs
- English nouns
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish nouns
- Esperanto adverbs
- French past participle forms
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian adjectives
- Italian nouns
- Italian cardinal numbers
- Norwegian nouns
