Definition von due

Häufigkeit

due

(djuː , US duː )

Wortformen: plural dues

1. Ausdruck

If an event is due to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing.

The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery. [+ to]

If the trip is a success, a lot of this will be due to Mr Green's efforts.

2. Ausdruck

You can say due to to introduce the reason for something happening. Some speakers of English believe that it is not correct to use due to in this way.

Due to the large volume of letters he receives Dave regrets he is unable to answer queries personally. [+ to]

Jobs could be lost in the defence industry due to political changes sweeping Europe.

3. Adjektiv [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]

If something is due at a particular time, it is expected to happen, be done, or arrive at that time.

The results are due at the end of the month.

The first price increases are due to come into force in July.

Her first novel is due out in May.

Mr Carter is due in London on Monday.

...customers who paid later than twenty days after the due date.

Synonyme: expected, scheduled, awaited, expected to arrive Weitere Synonyme von due

4. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

Due attention or consideration is the proper, reasonable, or deserved amount of it under the circumstances.

After due consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents.

I hope people will use the footpaths and treat them with due attention.

5. Adjektiv [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

Something that is due, or that is due to someone, is owed to them, either as a debt or because they have a right to it.

I was sent a cheque for £1,525 and advised that no further pension was due.

I've got some leave due to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight. [+ to]

Synonyme: payable, outstanding, owed, owing Weitere Synonyme von due

Due is also a preposition.

He had not taken a summer holiday that year but had accumulated the leave due him.

6. Adjektiv

If someone is due for something, that thing is planned to happen or be given to them now, or very soon, often after they have been waiting for it for a long time.

She was due for a follow-up appointment.

He was not due for release until 2020. [+ for]

Due is also a preposition.

I reckon I'm due one of my travels.

7. Pluralwort [oft poss NOUN]

Dues are sums of money that you give regularly to an organization that you belong to, for example a social club or trade union, in order to pay for being a member.

Only 18 of the U.N.'s 180 members had paid their dues by the January deadline.

Synonyme: right(s), privilege, entitlement, deserts Weitere Synonyme von due

8. Adverb

Due is used before the words 'north', 'south', 'east', or 'west' to indicate that something is in exactly the direction mentioned.

They headed due north.

The Thames flows due south from Oxford, through the market town of Abingdon.

...a mining town 40 miles due east of Los Angeles.

Synonyme: directly, dead, straight, exactly Weitere Synonyme von due

See in due course

10.

See to give sb their due

11.

See with due respect

Weitere Synonyme von due

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due in British English

(djuː )

Adjektiv

1. (postpositive)

immediately payable

2. (postpositive)

owed as a debt, irrespective of any date for payment

requisite; fitting; proper

4. (prenominal)

adequate or sufficient; enough

5. (postpositive)

expected or appointed to be present or arrive

the train is now due

6. See due to

Substantiv

something that is owed, required, or due

8. See give a person his or her due

Adverb

directly or exactly; straight

a course due west

▶ USAGE The use of due to as a compound preposition (the performance has been cancelled due to bad weather) was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable

Wortherkunft von due

C13: from Old French deu, from devoir to owe, from Latin debēre; see debt, debit

Häufigkeit

due in American English

(du ; dju )

Adjektiv

owed or owing as a debt, right, etc.; payable

the first payment is due

suitable; fitting; proper

with all due respect

as much as is required; enough; adequate

due care, in due time

expected or scheduled to arrive or be ready; timed for a certain hour or date

the plane is due at 6:30 P.M.

Adverb

exactly; directly

due west

Substantiv

anything due or owed

; specif.,

deserved recognition

to give a man his due

b. [pl.]

fees, taxes, or other charges

membership dues

Redewendungen:

become due

due to

pay one's dues

Wortherkunft von due

ME < OFr deu, pp. of devoir, to owe < L debere, to owe: see debt

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The report will be published in due course.It has emerged victims and their families may be due tens of millions of pounds in compensation.The money was due to last six months and is about to run out.The staff member had already transitioned and was due back at work the next day.He also appears to be driving without due care and attention and a passenger is not wearing a seat belt.Lazy pundits and former players have been coming out saying he has no chance of success due to his age and inexperience.Rents are also due to go up by 5.4 per cent in the next six months.Some 100 youngsters are due to arrive in Britain this week but that is the tip of the iceberg.The committee is due to report back early next year.They said she would almost definitely secure indefinite leave to remain in due course.

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