due
[ doo, dyoo ]
/ du, dyu /
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adjective
noun
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
Usually dues . a regular fee or charge payable at specific intervals, especially to a group or organization: membership dues.
adverb
directly or exactly: a due east course.
Obsolete. duly.
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Origin of due
1275–1325; Middle English <Anglo-French; Middle French deu, past participle of devoir<Latin dēbēre to owe; see debt
usage note for due
11. Due to as a prepositional phrase meaning “because of, owing to” has been in use since the 14th century: Due to the sudden rainstorm, the picnic was moved indoors. Some object to this use on the grounds that due is historically an adjective and thus should be used only predicatively in constructions like The delay was due to electrical failure. Despite such objections, due to occurs commonly as a compound preposition and is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
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OTHER WORDS FROM due
dueness, nounWords nearby due
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British Dictionary definitions for due
due
/ (djuː) /
adjective
noun
something that is owed, required, or due
give a person his due to give or allow a person what is deserved or right
adverb
directly or exactly; straighta course due west
See also dues
Word Origin for due
C13: from Old French deu, from devoir to owe, from Latin debēre; see debt, debit
usage for due
The use of due to as a compound preposition (the performance has been cancelled due to bad weather) was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable
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