due
Owed or owing.
Adjective 4 meanings
Owed or owing.
“He is due four weeks of back pay.”
Appropriate.
“With all due respect, you're wrong about that.”
Scheduled; expected.
“Rain is due this afternoon.”
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
“The baby is just about due.”
Adverb 1 meaning
Directly; exactly.
“The river runs due north for about a mile.”
Noun 4 meanings
Deserved acknowledgment.
“Give him his due – he is a good actor.”
A membership fee.
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
Right; just title or claim.
Etymology
From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).
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DUE at a glance
DUE has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (D 2 + U 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #417 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with due
All rhymes- RESIDUE8
- OVERDUE11
- UNDUE6
- SUBDUE9
- PERDUE9
- FONDUE10
- VENDUE10
- ENDUE6
- INDUE6
- EPERDUE10
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