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Commondue
The correct spelling is due.
How to pronounce due
/dʒʉː/
nounIPA: /dʒʉː/
Say it like: Due
The correct spelling is due. Deserved acknowledgment. For example: "Give him his due — he is a good actor."
Usage Examples
“Give him his due — he is a good actor.”
“He can wait for the amount due him.”
“With all due respect, you're wrong about that.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Deserved acknowledgment.
- 2.(in plural dues) A membership fee.
- 3.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.
- 4.Right; just title or claim.
adjective
- 1.Owed or owing.
- 2.Appropriate.
- 3.Scheduled; expected.
- 4.Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
- 5.Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
adverb
- 1.(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
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