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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. that which is deserved or owed;
- Example: "give the devil his due"

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


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. owed and payable immediately or on demand;
- Example: "payment is due"

2. scheduled to arrive;
- Example: "the train is due in 15 minutes"

3. suitable to or expected in the circumstances;
- Example: "all due respect"
- Example: "due cause to honor them"
- Example: "a long due promotion"
- Example: "in due course"
- Example: "due esteem"
- Example: "exercising due care"

4. capable of being assigned or credited to;
- Example: "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"
- Example: "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"
- Example: "the oversight was not imputable to him"
[syn: ascribable, due, imputable, referable]


ADVERB (1)

1. directly or exactly; straight;
- Example: "went due North"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Due \Due\, adv.
   Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Due \Due\, n.
   1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay,
      or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be
      claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality
      requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
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            He will give the devil his due.       --Shak.
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            Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. Right; just title or claim.
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            The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.
                                                  --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Due \Due\, a. [OF. deu, F. d[^u], p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L.
   debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.]
   1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for
      another; payable; owing and demandable.
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   2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable;
      becoming; appropriate; fit.
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            Her obedience, which is due to me.    --Shak.
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            With dirges due, in sad array,
            Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
                                                  --Gray.
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   3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation;
      proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as,
      due process of law; due service; in due time.
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   4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the
      steamer was due yesterday.
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   5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
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            This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.
                                                  --J. D.
                                                  Forbes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Due \Due\, v. t.
   To endue. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

due
    adv 1: directly or exactly; straight; "went due North"
    adj 1: owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is
           due" [ant: undue]
    2: scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes"
    3: 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" [ant:
       undue]
    4: 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, due, imputable,
       referable]
    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"