due
/djuː/noun, adjective, adverb1 syllable
Due means: owed and payable immediately or on demand.
Synonyms for due22
adjective, as in owed and payable immediately or on demand
adjective, as in capable of being assigned or credited to
adjective, as in scheduled to arrive
also used for due
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Opposites of due
What does due mean?7
adjective
owed and payable immediately or on demand“payment is due”
capable of being assigned or credited to“punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading”
scheduled to arrive“the train is due in 15 minutes”
suitable to or expected in the circumstances“all due respect”
noun
that which is deserved or owed“give the devil his due”
a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)“the society dropped him for non-payment of dues”
adverb
directly or exactly; straight“went due North”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with due?60
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Due in a sentence
- As you know, we were late due to the heavy rain.Zifre
- The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.AlanF_US
- Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.unknown
- Due to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt.shekitten
- Due to the recent hurricane, a lot of people lost their homes.voxbubnya
- Our success, after all, is due to his earnest efforts.sundown
- Our success was, in the main, due to his efforts.sundown
- Due to his high grades, he will inevitably be accepted to the university.unknown
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Forms of due
as a noun
- plural
- dues