(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If an event is ~ to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing.
The country’s economic problems are largely ~ to the weakness of the recovery...
PREP-PHRASE: v-link PREP n
2.
You can say ~ to to introduce the reason for something happening. Some speakers of English believe that it is not correct to use ~ to in this way.
Due to the large volume of letters he receives Dave regrets he is unable to answer queries personally...
PREP-PHRASE
3.
If something is ~ at a particular time, it is expected to happen, be done, or arrive at that time.
The results are ~ at the end of the month...
Mr Carter is ~ in London on Monday.
...customers who paid later than twenty days after the ~ date.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ prep/adv
4.
Due attention or consideration is the proper, reasonable, or deserved amount of it under the circumstances.
After ~ consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents...
= proper
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Something that is ~, or that is ~ to 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 ~...
I’ve got some leave ~ to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to n
•
Due is also a preposition.
He had not taken a summer holiday that year but had accumulated the leave ~ him.
PREP: oft n PREP n
6.
If someone is ~ 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.
He is not ~ for release until 2020.
ADJ: v-link ADJ for n
•
Due is also a preposition.
I reckon I’m ~ one of my travels.
PREP
7.
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 UN’s 180 members had paid their ~s by the January deadline.
N-PLURAL: oft poss N
8.
Due is used before the words ‘north’, ‘south’, ‘east’, or ‘west’ to indicate that something is in exactly the direction mentioned.
They headed ~ north...
ADV: ADV adv/adj
9.
If you say that something will happen or take place in ~ course, you mean that you cannot make it happen any quicker and it will happen when the time is right for it.
In ~ course the baby was born...
PHRASE: PHR with cl
10.
You can say ‘to give him his ~’, or ‘giving him his ~’ when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
To give Linda her ~, she had tried to encourage John in his school work.
PHRASE
11.
You can say ‘with ~ respect’ when you are about to disagree politely with someone.
With all ~ respect, you’re wrong.
PHRASE: PHR cl politeness