dueadjective
uk/dʒuː/us/duː/due adjective (EXPECTED)
B1 expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time:
at a suitable time in the future:
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- The present chairman is due to retire next month.
- They backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.
- When is the first payment due?
- The parliamentary session is due to end on May 27.
- He's due to appear in court again on Monday.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- outlook
- promise
- reckon on sth
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
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due adjective (RESULTING)
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- The game has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
- The problems might be due to a shortage of disk space.
- He is the first to admit that much of his success is due to his good looks.
- She had five days off work due to illness.
- Due to injury, the team captain was forced to withdraw from the match.
B1 because of:
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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due adjective (OWED)
C2 owed as a debt or as a right:
C1 If you are due for something, you expect to receive it, because you deserve it:
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Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- square the accounts/books idiom
- term
- tick
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duenoun
uk/dʒuː/us/duː/said when you are praising someone for something good they have done, although you dislike other things about them:
the official payments that you make to an organization you belong to:
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Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- awe
- awestruck
- glory
- hero worship
- honorific
- honour
- idolatry
- idolize
- impress
- recognition
- regard
- respectful
- reverential
- salute
- sb deserves a medal idiom
- sit at the feet of sb idiom
- stan
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dueadverb
uk/dʒuː/us/duː/in a direction that is straight towards the north, south, east, or west:
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Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- easterly
- eastern
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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