due Definition

due
adj

1. Owed; payable.

Thesaurus: owed, expected, outstanding, unpaid, payable, requisite, in arrears, obligatory.
2. Expected according to timetable or pre-arrangement.
3. Proper.

Thesaurus: deserved, rightful, fitting, ample, appropriate, proper, merited, justified.

noun

1. What is owed; that which can be rightfully claimed or expected.
2. Subscription fees.

Thesaurus: fee, charges, subscription, levy.
Form: dues

adverb

1. Directly.

Example: due north

Idiom: due to something or someone

Caused by it or them.

Because of it or them.

Idiom: give someone their due

To acknowledge their qualities or achievements, especially when disapproving in other ways.

Idiom: in due course

In the ordinary way when the time comes.

Etymology: 14c: from French deü, from devoir to owe.

Info:

○ It is sometimes argued that, because due is an adjective, due to should have a noun or pronoun that it refers back to (an antecedent), as in&wbox; (where ‘absence' is the antecedent)This argument would disallow sentences like:

?(where due to is effectively a preposition).

○ This point of view is based on the word's behaviour in its other meanings; in this meaning it has taken on a new grammatical role that is now well established. Due to often refers back to a whole clause even when there is a notional antecedent, as with ‘starvation' in the sentence&wbox;