due
IPA: dˈu
noun
- Deserved acknowledgment.
- (in the plural dues) 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.
- A surname.
adjective
- 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
adverb
- (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
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Examples of "due" in Sentences
- The debtor by whom the money is due is called garnishee.
- The cause of the vandalism is due to the nature of the topic.
- This was declined due to the depressed state of the money market.
- However, due to unpaid notes Huston lost the company to the bank.
- The bank will pay the holder of the coupon the interest payment due.
- A large chalazion can cause astigmatism due to pressure on the cornea.
- The growth of the Shinmei shrine network was due to two concomitant causes.
- The cause of the depletion of the ozone layer is due to chlorofluorocarbons.
- The Bank ran in to trouble due to the apparent incompetence of Thomas Philipps.
- The collapse of the Mayan civilisation was due to environmental damage caused by deforestation.