due to - 3 dictionary results
due
[doo, dyoo] 
–adjective
| 1. | owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due. |
| 2. | owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived: This bill is due next month. |
| 3. | owing or observed as a moral or natural right. |
| 4. | rightful; proper; fitting: due care; in due time. |
| 5. | adequate; sufficient: a due margin for delay. |
| 6. | under engagement as to time; expected to be ready, be present, or arrive; scheduled: The plane is due at noon. |
–noun
—Idioms| 7. | something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone. |
| 8. | Usually, dues. a regular fee or charge payable at specific intervals, esp. to a group or organization: membership dues. |
| 11. | due to,
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| 12. | give someone his or her due,
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| 13. | pay one's dues, to earn respect, a position, or a right by hard work, sacrifice, or experience: She's a famous musician now, but she paid her dues with years of practice and performing in small towns. |
Related forms:
dueness, noun
Usage note:
11. Due to as a prepositional phrase meaning “because of, owing to” has been in use since the 14th century: Due to the sudden rainstorm, the picnic was moved indoors. Some object to this use on the grounds that due is historically an adjective and thus should be used only predicatively in constructions like The delay was due to electrical failure. Despite such objections, due to occurs commonly as a compound preposition and is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
11. Due to as a prepositional phrase meaning “because of, owing to” has been in use since the 14th century: Due to the sudden rainstorm, the picnic was moved indoors. Some object to this use on the grounds that due is historically an adjective and thus should be used only predicatively in constructions like The delay was due to electrical failure. Despite such objections, due to occurs commonly as a compound preposition and is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
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Link To due to
| due to prep. Because of. Usage Note: Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective. According to this view, it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition. |
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due to
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Likely to, announced as, as in Betty bought more of the stock, believing it was due to rise, or The play is due to open next week. [Early 1900s]
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Attributable to, because of, as in Due to scanty rainfall, we may face a crop failure. This usage has been criticized by some authorities, but today it is widely considered standard. [Early 1900s] Also see on account of.
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Owing or payable to, as in We must give our staff whatever vacation is due to them.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Language Translation for : due to
Spanish:
debido a,
German:
zurückführen auf,
Japanese:
～による
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