due
adjective
[ djuː ]
• expected at or planned for at a certain time.
• "the baby's due in August"
• of the proper quality or extent.
• "driving without due care and attention"
Similar:
proper,
right and proper,
correct,
rightful,
fitting,
suitable,
appropriate,
apt,
adequate,
sufficient,
enough,
ample,
satisfactory,
requisite,
condign,
meet,
due
noun
• one's right; what is owed to one.
• "he thought it was his due"
Similar:
rightful treatment,
fair treatment,
deserved fate,
just punishment,
right,
entitlement,
rights,
just deserts,
deserts,
comeuppance,
recompense,
• an obligatory payment; a fee.
• "he had paid trade union dues for years"
due
adverb
• (with reference to a point of the compass) exactly; directly.
• "we'll head due south again on the same road"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’.
