How do you pronounce due?

The recorded pronunciation is /dʒʉː/.

Where does due come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

due

/dʒʉː/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: due
IPA: /dʒʉː/

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Meaning

adj

Owed or owing.

adj

Appropriate.

adj

Scheduled; expected.

adj

Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

adj

Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

adj

On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.

adv

Directly; exactly.

noun

Deserved acknowledgment.

Example Sentences

"He is due four weeks of back pay."
"The amount due is just three quid."
"The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars."
"He can wait for the amount due him."
"With all due respect, you're wrong about that."
"With dirges due, in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dē
Root: *gʰeh₁bʰ-, dewe, deu, dēbeō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dʒʉː/

Inflected Forms

more due (comparative) most due (superlative) dues (plural)

Derived Forms

duebill dueful dueness duly overdue underdue undue

Phrases

credit where credit's due due and payable due care and attention due course due date due day due diligence due place

Synonyms

needed owing to be made required expected forecast credit ascribable imputable referable

Homonyms

dew do doo doux Doubs (yod-dropping) Jew jew (yod-coalescence)

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true knew

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