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English
Etymology
From Middle English dewe , dew , due , from Old French deü ( “ due ” ) , past participle of devoir ( “ to owe ” ) , from Latin dēbēre , present active infinitive of dēbeō ( “ I owe ” ) , from dē- ( “ from ” ) + habeō ( “ I have ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
due (comparative more due , superlative most due )
Owed or owing.
Synonyms: needed , owing , to be made , required
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The amount due is just three quid.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
He can wait for the amount due him.
Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751 ), T[homas] Gray , “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ”, in Designs by Mr. R Bentley , for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray , London: R Dodsley , , published 1753 , →OCLC :With dirges due , in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
Scheduled; expected.
Synonyms: expected , forecast
Rain is due this afternoon.
The train is due in five minutes.
When is your baby due ?
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL , number 948 , page 42 :As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due , and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
Synonym: expected
The baby is just about due .
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
1922 , Ben Travers , chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest :Mother [ …] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
Derived terms
Translations
owed or owing, to be paid by the stated time
of an event, scheduled, expected
of public transport, supposed to arrive at the stated time
of a baby, expected to be born at the stated time
of a pregnant woman, due to give birth on the stated date
having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
Adverb
due (comparative more due , superlative most due )
( used with compass directions ) Directly ; exactly .
The river runs due north for about a mile.
Translations
used with compass directions: directly or exactly
Noun
due (plural dues )
Deserved acknowledgment .
Give him his due – he is a good actor.
2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London) :Chelsea, to give them their due , did start to cut out the defensive lapses as the game went on but they needed to because their opponents were throwing everything at them in those stages and, if anything, seemed encouraged by the message that Mourinho’s Rémy-Cahill switch sent out.
( in the plural ) 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 .
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :He will give the devil his due .
1842 , Alfred Tennyson , “The Lotos-Eaters ”, in Poems. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , , →OCLC , stanza 8, page 184 :Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil, / Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil, / Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil; [ …]
1850 , [Alfred, Lord Tennyson ], In Memoriam , London: Edward Moxon , , →OCLC , Canto XXXVII, page 57 :For I am but an earthly Muse, And owning but a little art To lull with song an aching heart, And render human love his dues ; [ …]
Right ; just title or claim .
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Further reading
“due ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“due ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“due ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Anagrams
Bakumpai
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha .
Numeral
due
two
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse dúfa , from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ , cognate with Norwegian due , Swedish duva , Dutch duif , German Taube , English dove .
Pronunciation
Noun
due c (singular definite duen , plural indefinite duer )
pigeon , dove
Inflection
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
From du + -e .
Pronunciation
Adverb
due
secondly
French
Pronunciation
Participle
due f sg
feminine singular of dû
Further reading
Ido
Etymology
From du ( “ two ” ) + -e .
Pronunciation
Adverb
due
both
Synonym: ambe ( neologism )
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin duae , feminine plural of duo , from Proto-Italic *duō , from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdu.e/
Rhymes: -ue
Hyphenation: dù‧e
Numeral
due (invariable )
two
Noun
due m (invariable )
two
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Middle English
Adjective
due
Alternative form of dewe ( “ due ” )
Noun
due
Alternative form of dewe ( “ due ” )
Musi
Pronunciation
Numeral
due
Alternative form of dué ( “ two ” )
Norwegian Bokmål
A pigeon.
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dúfa ( “ dove, pigeon ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ ( “ dove, pigeon ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ( “ hazy, unclear, dark; deep ” ) . Cognate with Danish due , Swedish duva , Icelandic dúfa , Dutch duif , German Taube , English dove . The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove .
Pronunciation
Noun
due f or m (definite singular dua or duen , indefinite plural duer , definite plural duene )
( zoology ) a dove or pigeon ; culver ( one of several birds of the family Columbidae , which consists of more than 300 species )
(Can we date this quote?) , The Bible , Matt 10,16 :vær kloke som slanger og troskyldige som duer be wise as serpents and faithful as doves
1949 , Johan Borgen , Jenny og påfuglen , page 34 :enkelte av disse blide duer var tilmed så foretaksomme at de ikke nøyde seg med å legge brev og aviser fra seg på det store bordet i hålen some of these cheerful pigeons were even so enterprising that they did not content themselves with leaving letters and newspapers on the big table in the hole
1874 , Henrik Ibsen , Peer Gynt , page 161 :falk og due, due og falk falcon and dove, dove and falcon
leke hauk og due play hawk and dove ; a game in which one participant tries to catch the other
( humorous , in the plural ) a couple that is very much in love
1885 , Henrik Ibsen , Brand , page 89 :hej, øves leg af kælne duer på disse ørkenbrune tuer! hey, practice playing with cuddly pigeons on these desert brown tufts!
Synonym: turteldue
( poetic ) a dove ( term of endearment for a woman one holds dearly )
(Can we date this quote?) , The Bible , Song of Songs 5,2 :lukk opp for mig, min søster, min elskede, min due, min fullkomne open up to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect
( figuratively ) a symbol of peace and reconciliation
fredens due ― dove of peace
Synonym: fredsdue
( politics ) a dove ( a person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict )
1968 , Pax , page 11 :den selvsamme «hauk» som tapte for den republikanske «duen» Hatfield ved senatsvalget the very "hawk" who lost to the Republican "dove" Hatfield in the Senate election
1971 , Dagbladet , page 12 :senator Edward M. Kennedy – en av «duene» i amerikansk politikk når det gjelder Vietnam-krigen Senator Edward M. Kennedy - one of the "doves" of American politics in the Vietnam War
( Christianity ) a symbol of the Holy Spirit
(Can we date this quote?) , The Bible , Matt 3,16 :[Jesus] så Guds ånd komme ned over seg som en due saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove
1885 , Henrik Ibsen , Brand , page 219 :Guds klarheds due sidder skjult; ve, aldrig over mig den dalte The dove of God's clarity sits hidden; woe, never upon me it fell
( sports ) a clay pigeon ( a flying target used as moving target in sport shooting )
Synonym: leirdue
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the pronoun du ( “ you ” ) , from Old Norse þú ( “ you ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *þū ( “ you ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ ( “ you ” ) .
Verb
due (passive dues , imperative du , present tense duer , simple past and past participle duet , present participle duende , verbal noun duing )
( colloquial , transitive ) to say du (you ) to someone
Synonyms: dutte , duse
1910 , Nini Roll Anker , Per Haukeberg , page 206 :det var vel rimelig du maatte due en slik kar it was probably reasonable you had to say you to such a guy
Etymology 3
Misspelling, or a dialectal form, of duge ( “ to help; be useful ” ) , from Old Norse duga ( “ to help, aid; do, suffice ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *duganą ( “ to be useful, avail ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe ( “ to be productive ” ) , from the root *dʰewgʰ- ( “ to produce; be strong, have force ” ) .
Verb
due
Misspelling of duge .
Etymology 4
From Italian due ( “ two ” ) , from Latin duae , feminine plural of duo ( “ two ” ) , from Proto-Italic *duō ( “ two ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ( “ two ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
due
Only used in a due ( “ indicating two musicians or sections play together ” )
References
“due” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“due_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“due_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“due_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“duer ” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse dúfa , from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ . Compare Danish due , Swedish duva , Icelandic dúfa , Dutch duif , German Taube , English dove .
Pronunciation
Noun
due f (definite singular dua , indefinite plural duer , definite plural duene )
A bird of the family Columbidae , the pigeons and doves .
Derived terms
References
“due” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Swedish
Etymology
Common contraction of du ( “ you (sing.) ” ) and e , colloquial pronunciation spelling of är ( “ are ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Contraction
due
( nonstandard , text messaging , Internet slang ) ur , you're , you are
due fett fin asså ― ur really good-looking y'know
ja venne om due på ― I dunno if ur in