due
/du/ adjective A1- Owed or owing. · He is due four weeks of back pay.· The amount due is just three quid.
- Appropriate. · With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
- Scheduled; expected. · Rain is due this afternoon.· The train is due in five minutes.
- Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time. · The baby is just about due.
- Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. · The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
- On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass. · The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
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My first visit is due to my father, though I am not the less grateful for the honor you have done me.”
Having secured a large booty, the Lion on their return from the forest asked the Ass to allot his due portion to each of the three partners in the treaty.
Matthew hitched the sorrel into the buggy in due time and Marilla and Anne set off.
So my good luck is all due to her, and I shall never leave her until she starts back to Kansas for good and all.”
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