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due

adjective adverb noun

owed and payable immediately or on demand

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
D
Ends with
E
Contains
U
Scrabble score
4
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

djuː

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. owed and payable immediately or on demand

    “payment is due”

adjective

  1. suitable to or expected in the circumstances

    “all due respect”

adjective

  1. capable of being assigned or credited to

    “punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading”

adjective

  1. scheduled to arrive

    “the train is due in 15 minutes”

adverb

  1. directly or exactly; straight

    “went due North”

noun

  1. that which is deserved or owed

    “give the devil his due”

noun

  1. a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

    “the society dropped him for non-payment of dues”

In context

Example Sentences

payment is due
all due respect
due cause to honor them
a long due promotion
in due course
due esteem
punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading
the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain
the oversight was not imputable to him
the train is due in 15 minutes
went due North
give the devil his due
the society dropped him for non-payment of dues

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