due (adj.)

  1. owed and payable immediately or on demand; payment is due'

  2. 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'

    due (n.)

  1. that which is deserved or owed; give the devil his due'

  2. a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); the society dropped him for non-payment of dues'

    due (adv.)

  1. directly or exactly; straight; went due North'

    due (adj.)

  1. scheduled to arrive; the train is due in 15 minutes'

  2. 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

    [ Syn: ascribable , imputable , referable ]

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