[
  {
    "word": "due",
    "phonetic": "/d\u0292\u0289\u02d0/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u0292\u0289\u02d0/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/d\u0292\u0289\u02d0/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/dju\u02d0/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/du/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/due-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1239740",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Deserved acknowledgment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Give him his due \u2014 he is a good actor."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in plural dues) A membership fee.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Right; just title or claim.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Owed or owing.",
            "synonyms": [
              "needed",
              "owing",
              "required",
              "to be made"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He can wait for the amount due him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Appropriate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "With all due respect, you're wrong about that."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Scheduled; expected.",
            "synonyms": [
              "expected",
              "forecast"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Rain is due this afternoon."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.",
            "synonyms": [
              "expected"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The baby is just about due."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping."
          },
          {
            "definition": "On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "expected",
          "expected",
          "forecast",
          "needed",
          "owing",
          "required",
          "to be made"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The river runs due north for about a mile."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/due"
    ]
  }
]