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dueadjective

uk/dʒuː/us/duː/

due adjective (EXPECTED)

B1 expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time:

What time is the next bus due?
The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time.
Their first baby is due in January.
in due course B2 formal

at a suitable time in the future:

You will receive notification of the results in due course.

More examples

  • 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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In the future & soon

due adjective (RESULTING)

due to

More examples

  • 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:

A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom.
The bus was delayed due to heavy snow.

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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:

The rent is due (= should be paid) at the end of the month.
£50 is due to me (US due me) from the people I worked for last month.
Our thanks are due to everyone.
UK law He was found to have been driving without due (= the necessary) care and attention.
be due for sth

C1 If you are due for something, you expect to receive it, because you deserve it:

I'm due for a promotion soon.

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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/
give sb their due

said when you are praising someone for something good they have done, although you dislike other things about them:

He failed again, but to give him his due, he did try hard.
dues [ plural ]

the official payments that you make to an organization you belong to:

Members of the society pay $1,000 in annual dues.

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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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Amounts of money

dueadverb

uk/dʒuː/us/duː/

in a direction that is straight towards the north, south, east, or west:

From here, you go due east until you get to the Interstate.

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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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