due
adverb/djuː/
/duː/
- due north/south/east/west exactly; in a straight line
- to sail due east
- The village lies five miles due north of York.
Homophones dew | duedew due/djuː//duː/- dew noun
- The dew sparkled in the morning sunlight.
- due adjective
- The fourth soloist was absent due to an illness.
- due noun
- Despite his talent, radio and TV have never given him his due.
- due adverb
- They sailed due north.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’ .
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