due

Noun · Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: due(p)ascribableimputablereferable

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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”

Adjective (4)

  1. owed and payable immediately or on demand“payment is due”
  2. scheduled to arrive“the train is due in 15 minutes”Synonyms: due(p)
  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”
  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”Synonyms: ascribableimputablereferable

Adverb (1)

  1. directly or exactly; straight“went due North”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Due \Due\, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

He will give the devil his due.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

2.Right; just title or claim. [1913 Webster]

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

2.Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. [1913 Webster]

Her obedience, which is due to me.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.— Gray.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

4.Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday. [1913 Webster]

5.Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. [1913 Webster]

This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.— J. D. Forbes.[1913 Webster]
Due \Due\, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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