If an event is due to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing.
The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery. [+ to]
If the trip is a success, a lot of this will be due to Mr Green's efforts.
2. phrase
You can say due to to introduce the reason for something happening. Some speakers of English believe that it is not correct to use due to in this way.
Due to the large volume of letters he receives Dave regrets he is unable to answerqueries personally. [+ to]
Jobs could be lost in the defence industry due to political changes sweeping Europe.
3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
If something is due at a particular time, it is expected to happen, be done, or arrive at that time.
The results are due at the end of the month.
The first price increases are due to come into force in July.
Her first novel is due out in May.
Mr Carter is due in London on Monday.
...customers who paid later than twenty days after the due date.
Synonyms: expected, scheduled, awaited, expected to arrive More Synonyms of due
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Due attention or consideration is the proper, reasonable, or deserved amount of it under the circumstances.
After due consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents.
I hope people will use the footpaths and treat them with due attention.
5. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Something that is due, or that is dueto someone, is owed to them, either as a debt or because they have a right to it.
I was sent a cheque for £1,525 and advised that no further pension was due.
I've got some leave due to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight. [+ to]
Synonyms: payable, outstanding, owed, owing More Synonyms of due
Due is also a preposition.
He had not taken a summer holiday that year but had accumulated the leave due him.
6. adjective
If someone is due for something, that thing is planned to happen or be given to them now, or very soon, often after they have been waiting for it for a long time.
She was due for a follow-up appointment.
He is not due for release until 2020. [+ for]
Due is also a preposition.
I reckon I'm due one of my travels.
7. plural noun [oft poss NOUN]
Dues are sums of money that you give regularly to an organization that you belong to, for example a social club or trade union, in order to pay for being a member.
Only 18 of the U.N.'s 180 members had paid their dues by the January deadline.
Synonyms: right(s), privilege, entitlement, deserts More Synonyms of due
8. adverb
Due is used before the words 'north', 'south', 'east', or 'west' to indicate that somethingis in exactly the direction mentioned.
They headed due north.
The Thames flows due south from Oxford, through the market town of Abingdon.
...a mining town 40 miles due east of Los Angeles.
Synonyms: directly, dead, straight, exactly More Synonyms of due
9.
See in due course
10.
See to give sb their due
11.
See with due respect
More Synonyms of due
due in British English
(djuː)
adjective
1. (postpositive)
immediately payable
2. (postpositive)
owed as a debt, irrespective of any date for payment
3.
requisite; fitting; proper
4. (prenominal)
adequate or sufficient; enough
5. (postpositive)
expected or appointed to be present or arrive
the train is now due
6. due to
noun
7.
something that is owed, required, or due
8. give a person his or her due
adverb
9.
directly or exactly; straight
a course due west
▶ USAGE The use of due to as a compound preposition (the performance has been cancelled due to bad weather) was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable
Word origin
C13: from Old French deu, from devoir to owe, from Latin debēre; see debt, debit
due in American English
(du; dju)
adjective
1.
owed or owing as a debt, right, etc.; payable
the first payment is due
2.
suitable; fitting; proper
with all due respect
3.
as much as is required; enough; adequate
due care, in due time
4.
expected or scheduled to arrive or be ready; timed for a certain hour or date
the plane is due at 6:30 P.M.
adverb
5.
exactly; directly
due west
noun
6.
anything due or owed
; specif.,
a.
deserved recognition
to give a man his due
b. [pl.]
fees, taxes, or other charges
membership dues
Idioms:
become due
due to
pay one's dues
Word origin
ME < OFr deu, pp. of devoir, to owe < L debere, to owe: see debt
Examples of 'due' in a sentence
due
The report will be published in due course.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has emerged victims and their families may be due tens of millions of pounds in compensation.
The Sun (2016)
The money was due to last six months and is about to run out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The staff member had already transitioned and was due back at work the next day.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He also appears to be driving without due care and attention and a passenger is not wearing a seat belt.
The Sun (2016)
Lazy pundits and former players have been coming out saying he has no chance of success due to his age and inexperience.
The Sun (2016)
Rents are also due to go up by 5.4 per cent in the next six months.
The Sun (2016)
Some 100 youngsters are due to arrive in Britain this week but that is the tip of the iceberg.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The committee is due to report back early next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They said she would almost definitely secure indefinite leave to remain in due course.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is no refund system if play is cancelled due to rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some churches agree to pay the annual dues or fees to these clubs as a fringe benefit.
Christianity Today (2000)
Violence has also decreased due to rising expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Our house faced due west so we saw some phenomenal sunsets.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Part of this may have been due to his own fading health.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He already had eight points for driving without due care and attention.
The Sun (2015)
We have been more cautious than normal this year in giving due consideration to liabilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She said she thought that the debt was due to be paid today.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Driving without due care and attention this week is not advised.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is perhaps in part due to the success of our junior teams.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This was largely due to the enormous public opposition.
The Sun (2010)
The country is due to vote on a new constitution in the coming weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Their most evocative literary qualities are due in large part to a process of commercial pruning.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It is acquired over time due to their dietary habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is due to go back to jail after breaching the terms of his licence.
The Sun (2013)
It is due to reopen tomorrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Tell me this is due east.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
The wind blew him due south.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
You can pay cash only up to 9,000 due to money laundering laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The fort lies almost due north and one can well imagine how the battle raged to and fro between it and the valley.
Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991)
Yet nearly 50 per cent of the money is due to come from sales of court buildings.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We were still putting down carpets an hour before the Prime Minister was due to arrive.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
In other languages
due
British English: due /djuː/ ADJECTIVE
If something is due at a particular time, it is expected to happen or to arrive at that time.
The results are due at the end of the month.
American English: due
Arabic: مُتَوَقَّع
Brazilian Portuguese: esperado
Chinese: 到期的
Croatian: dospio
Czech: má se ... ... vrátit ve čtvrtek apod.
Danish: passende
Dutch: verwacht
European Spanish: previsto
Finnish: olla määrä
French: dû
German: fällig
Greek: αναμενόμενος
Italian: dovuto
Japanese: ･･･する予定で
Korean: 만기가 된
Norwegian: skyldig
Polish: należny
European Portuguese: ter chegada prevista
Romanian: așteptat
Russian: должный
Latin American Spanish: debido
Swedish: förfallen
Thai: ถึงกำหนด
Turkish: olması beklenen
Ukrainian: належний
Vietnamese: đến hạn
All related terms of 'due'
due to
attributable to or caused by
due bill
a document acknowledging indebtedness , exchangeable for goods or services
due date
the date when something is due to be paid
past due
If an amount of money owed is past due , it is still owing beyond the payment date .
become due
to become payable as previously arranged
due process
In law, due process refers to the carrying out of the law according to established rules and principles.
due weight
If someone or something gives weight to what a person says , thinks , or does, they emphasize its significance .
due diligence
the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
in due course
If you say that something will happen or take place in due course , you mean that you cannot make it happen any quicker and it will happen when the time is right for it.
postage due stamp
a stamp affixed by a Post Office to a letter , parcel , etc, indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid and showing the amount to be paid by the addressee on delivery
with due respect
You can say ' with due respect ' when you are about to disagree politely with someone.
due process of law
the administration of justice in accordance with established rules and principles
due process (of law)
the course of legal proceedings established by the legal system of a nation or state to protect individual rights
credit where credit's due
If you say ' credit where credit's due ', you are admitting that you ought to praise someone for something that they have done or for a good quality that they possess .
give the devil his due
to acknowledge the talent or the success of an opponent or unpleasant person
to give sb their due
You can say ' to give him his due ', or ' giving him his due ' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
acceleration due to gravity
the acceleration of a body falling freely in a vacuum near the surface of the earth in the earth's gravitational field : the standard value is 9.806 65 metres per second per second or 32.174 feet per second per second
give a person his or her due
to give or allow a person what is deserved or right
acceleration of free fall
the acceleration of a body falling freely in a vacuum near the surface of the earth in the earth's gravitational field : the standard value is 9.806 65 metres per second per second or 32.174 feet per second per second
Chinese translation of 'due'
due
(djuː)
adj
to be due[person, train, bus]应(應)到 (yīng dào) [baby]预(預)期 (yùqī) [rent, payment]应(應)支付 (yīng zhīfù)
to be due (to sb) (= owed)[money, holidays]应(應)给(給)(某人) (yīng gěi (mǒurén))
(= proper)[consideration]适(適)当(當)的 (shìdàng de)
n
to give sb his (or her) due公平对(對)待他/她 (gōngpíng duìdài tā/tā)
adv
due north/south正北方/南方 (zhèng běifāng/nánfāng)
due to ... (= because of) 由于(於) ... (yóuyú ... )
to be due to sth/sb由于(於)某事/某人 (yóuyú mǒushì/mǒurén)
to be due for sth应(應)得某物 (yīngdé mǒuwù)
I am due 6 days' leave我应(應)有6天的休假 (wǒ yīng yǒu liù tiān de xiūjià)
I am due 5 pounds我应(應)得5英镑(鎊) (wǒ yīngdé wǔ yīngbàng)
she's due next week (inf, to give birth) 她下星期临(臨)产(產) (tā xià xīngqī línchǎn)
in due course (= eventually) 在适(適)当(當)的时(時)候 (zài shìdàng de shíhòu)
Derived Forms
duesn pl (for club, union) 应(應)付款 (yīngfùkuǎn)
All related terms of 'due'
due to ...
( because of ) 由于(於) ... yóuyú ...
to be due
( person, train, bus ) 应(應)到 yīng dào
in due course
( eventually ) 在适(適)当(當)的时(時)候 zài shìdàng de shíhòu
due north/south
正北方/南方 zhèng běifāng/nánfāng
due to an oversight
由于(於)疏忽 yóuyú shūhū
I am due 5 pounds
我应(應)得5英镑(鎊) wǒ yīngdé wǔ yīngbàng
she's due next week
( inf : to give birth ) 她下星期临(臨)产(產) tā xià xīngqī línchǎn