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due

The correct spelling is due.

How to pronounce due

/dʒʉː/
noun

IPA: /dʒʉː/

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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. 1.Deserved acknowledgment.
  2. 2.(in plural dues) A membership fee.
  3. 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. 4.Right; just title or claim.

adjective

  1. 1.Owed or owing.
  2. 2.Appropriate.
  3. 3.Scheduled; expected.
  4. 4.Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
  5. 5.Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

adverb

  1. 1.(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

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