different between due vs acceptable

English

Etymology

From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin d?b?re, present active infinitive of d?be? (“I owe”), from d?- (“from”) +? habe? (“I have”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dyo?o, jo?o, IPA^(key): /dju?/, /d?u?/
  • Homophone: dew
• (US) enPR: do?o, IPA^(key): /du/
  • Homophones: dew, do, doo
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: jo?o, IPA^(key): /d???/
  • Homophones: dew, Jew
• Rhymes: -u?

Adjective

due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

1. Owed or owing.

   Synonyms: needed, owing, to be made, required

2. Appropriate.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     With dirges due, in sad array, / Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.

3. Scheduled; expected.

   Synonyms: expected, forecast

4. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

   Synonym: expected

5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
   • 1852, John David Forbes, "Dissertation on the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science" in Encyclopædia Britannica

     the milky aspect be due to a confusion of small stars
6. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

1. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

   The river runs due north for about a mile.

Translations

Noun

due (plural dues)

1. Deserved acknowledgment.

   Give him his due — he is a good actor.
2. (in plural dues) A membership fee.
3. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Lotos-Eaters

     Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.

4. Right; just title or claim.

Hyponyms

• light due

Derived terms

• give someone his due
• give the devil his due

Translations

Further reading

• due in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• due in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• due at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Deu., edu

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *d?b?, cognate with Norwegian due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du??/, [?d?u?u]
• Synonym: duge

Noun

due c (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)

1. pigeon, dove

Inflection

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From du +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?due/
• Rhymes: -ue

Adverb

due

1. secondly

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Participle

due

1. feminine singular of the past participle of devoir

Ido

Etymology

From du (“two”) +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?e/

Adverb

due

1. both

   Synonym: ambe (neologism)

Italian

Alternative forms

• dui (archaic, literary)
• duo m or f (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *du?, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du.e/
• Hyphenation: dù?e

Numeral

due

1. two

Noun

due m (invariable)

1. two

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Middle English

Adjective

due

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Noun

due

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *d?b?. Compare Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Noun

due f or m (definite singular dua or duen, indefinite plural duer, definite plural duene)

1. dove, pigeon, culver (bird)

   Hyponym: duestegg

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *du? (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh? (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du??/
• Rhymes: -u??
• Hyphenation: du?e

Adverb

due

1. Only used in a due (“indicating two musicians or sections play together”)

References

• “due” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *d?b?. Compare Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²d???/

Noun

due f (definite singular dua, indefinite plural duer, definite plural duene)

1. A bird of the family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.

Derived terms

References

• “due” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Common contraction of du (“you (sing.)”) and e, colloquial pronunciation spelling of är (“are”).

Pronunciation

Contraction

due

1. (nonstandard, text messaging, Internet slang) ur, you're, you are

English

Alternative forms

• acceptible (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin accept?bilis (“worthy of acceptance”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.?s?p.t?.b?l/

Adjective

acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)

1. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure

2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

Antonyms

• unacceptable
• inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptableness
• acceptably

Related terms

• acceptability

Translations

Further reading

• acceptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acceptable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acceptable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k.s?p?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.sep?ta.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

acceptable (masculine and feminine plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

   Antonym: inacceptable

Derived terms

• acceptablement
• inacceptable

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “acceptable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acceptable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

acceptable

1. definite singular of acceptabel
2. plural of acceptabel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accept?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.tabl/

Adjective

acceptable (plural acceptables)

1. acceptable

Antonyms

• inacceptable

Related terms

• accepter

Further reading

• “acceptable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Adjective

acceptable

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of acceptabel.

Anagrams

• acceptabel