noun
- That which is deserved or owed.
- usage: "give the devil his due"
- A payment that is due (e. G., as the price of membership. )
- usage: "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"
adjective
- Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
- usage: "payment is due"
- Scheduled to arrive.
- usage: "the train is due in 15 minutes"
- Suitable to or expected in the circumstances.
- usage: "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care"
- Capable of being assigned or credited to.
- usage: "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"
- synonyms: ascribable, imputable, referable
adverb
- Directly or exactly; straight.
- usage: "went due North"
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