due

due is a 3-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective, adverb, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
2. adjective. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
3. adjective. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.
4. adjective. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
5. adjective. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
6. adverb. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
7. noun. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
8. noun. Right; just title or claim.
9. transitive verb. To endue.
10. noun. that which is deserved or owed

    "give the devil his due"

11. noun. a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

    "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"

12. adjective. owed and payable immediately or on demand

    "payment is due"

13. adjective. suitable to or expected in the circumstances

    "all due respect"

    "due cause to honor them"

14. adjective. capable of being assigned or credited to

    "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"

    "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"

    Synonyms: ascribable, imputable, referable

15. adjective. scheduled to arrive

    "the train is due in 15 minutes"

16. adverb. directly or exactly; straight

    "went due North"

Synonyms

ascribable, imputable, referable

Common word forms

duer, dues, dueful, dueness

Words from these letters

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