Tra từ due - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

due [due dues] adjective, noun, adverb BrE [djuː] NAmE [duː]
adjective

CAUSED BY
1. not before noun ~ to sth/sb caused by sb/sth; because of sb/sth
• The team's success was largely due to her efforts.
• Most of the problems were due to human error.
•The project had to be abandoned due to a lack of government funding.
•Due to staff shortages, we are unable to offer a full buffet service on this train. Some people think that it is more correct to use owing to to mean ‘because of’ after a verb or at the beginning of a clause, as due is an adjective.

EXPECTED
2. not before noun arranged or expected
• When's the baby due?
• The next train is due in five minutes.
• (especially NAmE)My essay's due next Friday (= it has to be given to the teacher by then).
•~ to do sth Rose is due to start school in January.
•~ for sth The band's first album is due for release later this month.

OWED
3. not usually before noun when a sum of money is due, it must be paid immediately
• Payment is due on 1 October.
4. not before noun ~ (to sb) owed to sb as a debt, because it is their right or because they have done sth to deserve it
• Have they been paid the money that is due to them?
•Our thanks are due to the whole team.
5. not before noun owed sth; deserving sth
•~ sth I'm still due 15 days' leave.
•~ for sth She's due for promotion soon.

SUITABLE/RIGHT
6. only before noun (formal)that is suitable or right in the circumstances
•After due consideration, we have decided to appoint Mr Davis to the job.
•to make due allowance for sth
• (BrE)He was charged with driving without due care and attention.
compare ↑undue
more at with all due respect at ↑respect _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’ .

Language Bank:
because of
Explaining reasons
▪ The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of ▪ an increase in levels of obesity.
▪ The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of ▪ changes in diet and lifestyle.
▪ The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to ▪ / the result of ▪ changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
▪ Many obese children are bullied at school on account of ▪ their weight.
▪ Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from ▪ the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
▪ Childhood obesity may be caused by ▪ genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
Language Banks at ↑cause, ↑consequently, ↑therefore

Example Bank:
•After due consideration we have decided to appoint Mr Davis to the job.
•Due allowance should be made for inexperience.
•He was charged with driving without due care and attention.
Idiom: ↑in due course

noun
1. your/sb's dueuncountable a thing that should be given to sb by right
• He received a large reward, which was no more than his due (= than what he deserved).
•She's a slow worker, but to give her her due (= to be fair to her), she does try very hard.
2. duesplural charges, for example to be a member of a club
•to pay your dues
•trade union dues

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’ .

Example Bank:
•He received a large reward, which was no more than his due.
•She's a slow worker, but to give her her due she is very thorough.

adverb ~ north/south/east/west
exactly; in a straight line
•to sail due east
• The village lies five miles due north of York.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’ .