DUE


Meaning of DUE in English

I

adj.

1) (cannot stand alone) ~ for (~ for a promotion)

2) (cannot stand alone) ~ to (her absence was ~ to illness)

3) to come, fall ~ (the note has fallen ~)

4) ~ to + inf. (the train is ~ to arrive at ten o'clock)

USAGE NOTE: Purists prefer to use ~ to as an adjectival predicate phrase modifying the subject - her absence was ~ to illness. Otherwise, because of or owing to is preferred - she was absent because of illness; owing to illness she was absent.

II

n.

recognition

to give smb. her/his ~

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.