due

Meanings

Plural: dues

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"
• Deserved acknowledgment.
• A membership fee.
• That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
• Right; just title or claim.

Adjective

• owed and payable immediately or on demand
  • "payment is due"
• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• scheduled to arrive
  • "the train is due in 15 minutes"
• capable of being assigned or credited to
  • "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"

Adverb

• directly or exactly; straight
  • "went due North"

Adj

• Owed or owing.
• Appropriate.
• Scheduled; expected.
• Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
• Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
• On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

Adv

• Directly; exactly.

Synonyms

ascribable, expected, forecast, imputable, needed, owing, referable, required, to be made

Antonyms

undue

Anagrams of due