Meaning & use
Due
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Expected or scheduled to happen or arrive at a particular time, or owed as a debt, right, or obligation.
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The train is due to arrive at platform four in ten minutes.
Payment is due within thirty days of the invoice date.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'due to' meaning 'because of' was long criticized by usage purists as acceptable only after a form of 'to be,' though it's now widely accepted in general use.
Words with a similar meaning
expectedowed
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Words with an opposite meaning
overdue
Another way to use it
2. noun
That which is owed to someone, especially deserved acknowledgment or payment.
Give credit where it's due.
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