due (d , dy)adj. 1. Payable immediately or on demand. 2. Owed as a debt; owing: the amount still due. 3. In accord with right, convention, or courtesy; appropriate: due esteem; all due respect. 4. Meeting special requirements; sufficient: We have due cause to honor them. 5. a. Expected or scheduled, especially appointed to arrive: Their plane is due in 15 minutes. b. Expected to give birth. 6. a. Anticipated; looked for: a long due promotion. b. Expecting or ready for something as part of a normal course or sequence: We're due for some rain. This batter is due for another hit. 7. Capable of being attributed. See Usage Note at due to. n. 1. Something owed or deserved: You finally received your due. 2. dues A charge or fee for membership, as in a club or organization. adv. 1. Straight; directly: Go due west. 2. Archaic Duly. [Middle English, from Old French deu, past participle of devoir, to owe, from Latin d  bre; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.] |
due
Adjective
1. expected to happen, be done, or arrive at a particular time: he is due to return on Thursday
2. immediately payable: the balance is now due
3. owed as a debt: they finally agreed to pay her the money she was due
4. fitting or proper: he was found guilty of driving without due care and attention
5. due to happening or existing as a direct result of someone or something else: the cause of death was chronic kidney failure due to diabetes
Noun
1. something that is owed or required
2. give someone his or her due to acknowledge someone's good points: I'll give him his due, he's resourceful
Adverb
directly or exactly: due west [Latin debere to owe]
USAGE: 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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | due - that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due" right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| 2. | due - a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues" fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs - a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) | |
| Adj. | 1. | due - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due" undue - not yet payable; "an undue loan" |
| 2. | due - scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes" expected - considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack" | |
| 3. | due - suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care" undue - not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances; "undue influence"; "I didn't want to show undue excitement"; "accused of using undue force" | |
| 4. | due - capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him" attributable - capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian" | |
| Adv. | 1. | due - directly or exactly; straight; "went due North" |
due
adjective 2. fitting, deserved, appropriate, just, right, becoming, fit, justified, suitable, merited, proper, obligatory, rightful, requisite, well-earned, bounden
noun 4. right(s), privilege, deserts, merits, prerogative, comeuppance (informal)
USAGE For years people have been debating the use of due to in the sense `because of'. Purists claimed that a sentence such as the late arrival of the 10.15 train from Guildford is due to snow on the lines was correct, while the trains are running late due to snow on the lines was incorrect. Their reasoning was that as an adjective, due should modify a noun, as it does in the first sentence (the train's late arrival was due to the snow); but in the second sentence there is no specific noun that the word due can be said to modify. Few people nowadays would object strongly to the use of due in the second sentence, but if you want to avoid any possibility of this, you may find it preferable to replace it with an alternative that is not the subject of debate, such as because of.
Translations
due [djuː] adj (= proper) → debido (= fitting); conveniente, oportuno
dues npl (for club, union) → cuota sg;
due to → debido a;
to be due to → deberse a;
I am due 6 days' leave → me deben 6 días de vacaciones;
due [djuː] adj [money, payment] → dû(due) (= expected); attendu(e) (= fitting); qui convient
n → dû m
dues npl (for club, union) → cotisation f;
(in harbour) → droits mpl (de port);
due to (= because of) → en raison de (= caused by); dû à;
in due course → en temps utile or voulu (= in the end); finalement;
due [djuː] adj → fällig;
(attention etc) → gebührend;
(consideration) → reiflich
dues npl → Beitrag m;
(in harbour) → Gebühren pl;
due [djuː] adj → dovuto/a (= expected); atteso/a (= fitting); giusto/a
n → dovuto
dues npl (for club, union) → quota;
in due course → a tempo debito; finalmente;
the rent's due on the 30th → l'affitto scade il 30;
adj due [djuː]
1 owed I think I'm still due some pay; Our thanks are due to the doctor. verskuldig مَدين، مُسْتَحِق дължим dlužný; patřící skyldes verpflichtet οφειλόμενος debido; ser pagadero; estar muy agradecido võlgnema بدهکار؛ مدیون jollekulle kuuluva dû מָגִיע ל- देय, ऋण dugovati (ki)jár (vkinek vmi) berhutang skuldar; sem e-m er skuldað; eiga inni; þökk sé dovuto 支払われるべき 마땅히 치러야 할 priklausantis pienākties hutang verschuldigd skyldig należny devido cuvenit причитающийся dlžný; patriaci dolžan dug som skall betalas (tackas) ที่เป็นหนี้ ödenmesi gereken 應得的 зобов'язаний قابل ادایگی mang ơn 应得的
2 expected according to timetable, promise etc The bus is due in three minutes. word verwag مُتَوَقَّع който се очаква očekávaný forventet fällig αναμενόμενος esperado on oodata مطابق برنامه odotettavissa attendu צָפוּי प्रतीक्षित trebao bi esedékes dijadwalkan væntanlegur atteso ～の予定である ...하기로 되어 있는 turintis atvykti (pēc saraksta u.tml.) paredzēts; sagaidāms dijadualkan verwacht (for)ventet spodziewany, planowany esperado aşteptat ожидаемый očakávaný pričakovan očekivan skall komma, beräknas ankomma ถึงกำหนดเวลา beklenen (車、船)預定應到的 очікуваний; такий, що має бути متوقع ، منتظر theo lịch trình （车、船）预定应到的
3 proper Take due care. behoorlike مُناسِب подобаващ náležitý passende; behørig gebührend απαιτούμενος debido kohane مناسب asianmukainen bon, qui convient מתאִים उचित dužna pažnja, briga megfelelő semestinya tilhlÿðilegur dovuto 十分な 적당한 tinkamas pienācīgs wajar gepast behørlig, passende odpowiedni devido cuvenit надлежащий náležitý ustrezen odgovarajući vederbörlig, ordentlig เหมาะสม gerekli 適當的 належний; гідний مناسب đúng 适当的
adv
directly South sailing due east. reg oos مُباشَرَةً към přímo stik genau κατευθείαν derecho hacia otse به سوی suoraan plein בְּדִיוּק सीधे ravno prema jugu pontosan menuju nákvæmlega, beint esattamente まさしく (방향을) 정(正)...으로 tiesiai taisni; tieši menuju pal rett (sør, nord, osv) bezpośrednio, wprost directamente drept (către) прямо priamo naravnost u pravcu rakt ที่มุ่งไปทางใต้ tam, dosdoğru 向正(東、南等方向航行) точно; прямо سیدھا کسی سمت جانا chính 向正（东、南等方向航行）
n
1 what is owed, especially what one has a right to I'm only taking what is my due. verskuldig حَق، إسْتِحْقاق дължимо dluh det, der tilkommer en das Gebührende αυτό που δικαιούμαι merecido õigusega kuuluv osa بدهی osa dû מָגִיע देय/ऋण dug járandóság hak það sem (e-m) ber dovuto, (ciò che è dovuto) 支払われるべきもの 마땅히 해야 하는 것 tai, kas priklauso (kādam) pienākošā daļa hak wat iemand toekomt det som tilkommer noen/som en har fortjent, fortjeneste należność direito drept (al cuiva) должное dlh dolg udeo vad som tillkommer ngn, skuld เงินที่ต้องชำระ hak 應得物 належне واجب حق quyền lợi 应得物
2 (in plural) charge, fee or toll He paid the dues on the cargo. gelde رُسوم такси poplatky afgift Gebühren (pl.) φόρος, τέλος derechos maks(ud) عوارض maksut droits מָס शुल्क dadžbine, pristojbe díj ongkos tollur diritti 料金 요금, 부과금 mokestis nodevas; maksājumi; biedru nauda bayaran rechten avgift, kontingent opłata direitos taxe сборы; взносы poplatky pristojbine nadoknada tull, avgifter ค่าธรรมเนียม aidat, resmî harç 應付款 податки, митні збори قیمت، چنگی وغیرہ thuế 应付款
adv duly
properly; as expected The bus duly arrived. tydig كالمُتَوَقَّع съответно včas; správně som forventet rechtzeitig όπως αναμενόταν, κανονικά debidamente õigel ajal به موقع؛ طبق انتظار asianmukaisesti, ajallaan en temps voulu כָּרָאוּי, בַּזמָן अपेक्षित, उचित ispravan, kao što se očekuje megfelelően sebagaimana mestinya á tilsettum tíma puntualmente まさに 예정대로, 제대로 tinkamu laiku, tinkamai noteiktā laikā seperti dijadualkan terecht, naar verwachting passende, som seg hør og bør, rettmessig, punktlig zgodnie z planem devidamente la timp в должное время načas točno pravovremeno i rätt tid, i vederbörlig ordning ตามเวลาที่คาดไว้ beklendiği gibi, gereğince 按時的 належно; у належний час حسب توقع đúng giờ 按时的
due to
brought about by His success was due to hard work. te wyte aan, weens بِفَضْل، ناتِجٌ عَن заради způsobený skyldes zurückführen auf οφειλόμενος debido a (millegi, kellegi) arvele pandav بواسطۀ jonkin ansiota, jonkin syytä dû à, attribuable à בִּגלָל के कारण zbog, zahvaljujući vminek köszönhető berkat orsakast (af) dovuto a ～による ...때문에 dėl dēļ; radies (kaut kā) rezultātā disebabkan toe te schrijven aan skyldes, (være) på grunn av dzięki, na skutek, spowodowany devido datorat, datorită благодаря dosiahnutý posledica usled tack vare, på grund av เนื่องจาก yüzünden, ...- den dolayı 由於 завдяки; через те, що کسی شے کے باعث وجود میں آنا do 由于
give (someone) his due
to be fair to someone. gee wat toekom حَق честен съм с dát (někomu), co mu patří det, der tilkommer en das (An)Recht αποδίδω το δίκιο κπ. dar a alguien su merecido (kellegi vastu) õiglane olema از کسی قدردانی کردن olla oikeudenmukainen rendre justice à qqn יֵש לוֹמָר לִזכוּתוֹ- मुनासिब biti pošten prema nekome megadja vkinek, ami őt illeti adil láta e-n njóta sannmælis dare a qualcuno quel che gli spetta 公平な扱いをする 공평하게 대하다 reikia pripažinti, kad jis kādu pienācīgi novērtēt adil (iemand) geven wat hem toekomt yte (noen) rettferdighet, gi det som tilkommer noen oddać (komuś) sprawiedliwość fazer justiça a a da (cuiva) ce i se cuvine отдать должное (кому-л.) dať, čo mu patrí biti pravičen (do koga) odati priznanje vara skyldig ngn det erkännandet att ... ปฏิบัติอย่างยุติธรรมกับ birine karşı âdil olmak, hakkını vermek 公平對待某人 віддавати належне منصفانہ سلوک công bằng với ai 公平对待某人
see also owe .
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