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How to pronounce due
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What does due mean?
adjOwed or owing.
“He is due four weeks of back pay.”
Appropriate.
“With all due respect, you're wrong about that.”
Scheduled; expected.
“When is your baby due?”
advDirectly; exactly.
“The river runs due north for about a mile.”
nounDeserved acknowledgment.
“Give him his due – he is a good actor.”
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.
“He will give the devil his due.”
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