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Added 2 October 2026

due

/djuː/ symbol

Latin root: dēbēre Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Umiray Dumaget Agta.

adjective

Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.

adverb

Directly; exactly.
The river runs due north for about a mile.

noun

Deserved 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.

Origin

From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).

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