Betekenis van due In het Nederlands

• 0 expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time:

  • What time is the next bus due?

  • The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time.

  • Their first baby is due in January.

  • You will receive notification of the results in due course.

• 1 because of:

  • A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom.

  • The bus was delayed due to heavy snow.

• 2 owed as a debt or as a right:

  • The rent is due (= should be paid) at the end of the month.

  • £50 is due to me ( US due me) from the people I worked for last month.

  • Our thanks are due to everyone.

  • UK law He was found to have been driving without due (= the necessary) care and attention.

  • I'm due for a promotion soon.

• 3 said when you are praising someone for something good they have done, although you dislike other things about them:

  • He failed again, but to give him his due, he did try hard.

  • Members of the society pay $1,000 in annual dues.

• 4 in a direction that is straight towards the north, south, east, or west:

  • From here, you go due east until you get to the Interstate.

• 5 owed as a debt or as a right:

  • I’m due a refund for the sweater I returned.

  • Our thanks are due to everyone who gave so generously.

  • The rent is now due (= should be paid).

• 6 expected (to happen, arrive, etc.) at a particular time:

  • What time is the next train due?

  • [ + to infinitive ] The meeting is now due to take place next week.

• 7 Due to can mean because of:

  • Due to computer problems, the checks will be late.

  • The flight was canceled due to bad weather.

• 8 according to the usual custom or the correct process:

  • Phillips took due note of the key statistics.

  • In due course the business became a real money maker.

• 9 (of north, south, east, or west) exactly, straight:

  • They headed due north.

• 10 an amount that is due on a particular date has to be paid on that date:

  • become/come/fall due A £110m interest payment to bondholders falls due on March 25.

  • due on/by sth More than $2.15 billion of its outstanding loans are due by the end of this year.

  • The loan carries an interest rate of 7.625% per annum and is due and payable on January 31.

• 11 if you are due something, it is owed to you as a right:

  • After 3 years employment, I'll be due 3 weeks vacation.

• 12 if someone is due to do something, they are expected to do it or going to do it:

  • He had been due to become technical director, but the company was taken over.

• 13 expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time:

  • due on/by sth Applications are due by noon next Wednesday.

  • be due to do sth The tribunal is due to meet this week.