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US
/ˈdju, ˈdu/
]
[ UK /djˈuː/ ]
[ UK /djˈuː/ ]
NOUN
-
that which is deserved or owed
give the devil his due -
a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
the society dropped him for non-payment of dues
ADJECTIVE
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suitable to or expected in the circumstances
due esteem
in due course
due cause to honor them
all due respect
a long due promotion
exercising due care -
scheduled to arrive
the train is due in 15 minutes -
owed and payable immediately or on demand
payment is due -
capable of being assigned or credited to
the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain
punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading
the oversight was not imputable to him
ADVERB
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directly or exactly; straight
went due North
How To Use due In A Sentence
- Due to the bad weather, the building work was already behind schedule.
- They were however a bit thirsty as far as fuel was concerned due to their 4 giant 4125 kilowatt motors, and never reached production.
- the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
- The embassy had been shut down due to Mongolia's support for South Korea's "sunshine policy" of conciliation toward the North.
- The watchdog plans to issue formal regulatory guidance setting out how companies should handle endowment complaints and assess where compensation is due.
- The deep grief and guilt of the mother as well as the hatred and home-sickness of the daughter permeate the story and eventually melt away due to the abiding family love.
- The SF - 36 dimension representing role limitations due to emotional problems was dichotomised for analysis, since the original scale contains only four values.
- Another injury victim, Andy Heald, sees a specialist this week over his sciatica, but former skipper Davey Luker is unlikely to feature again this season due to work commitments.
- Although marijuana is technically illegal, personal consumption is arguably decriminalized due to the ‘ban on excessive punishment’ written into German law.
- China has invested an estimated $6 billion, though some suspect that, due to corruption, the actual sum of money flowing to Turkmen and Uzbek businessmen may be considerably higher.