in due course (of time)
11in due course — ► in due course at the appropriate time. Main Entry: ↑due …
12in due course — adverb When the time is right; presently. The kitchen will be painted in due course …
13in due course — formal when it is the right time, and not before We will announce the results of our investigation in due course …
14due — adj [Old French deu, past participle of devoir to owe, from Latin debere] 1 a: satisfying or capable of satisfying an obligation, duty, or requirement under the law the buyer s due performance under the contract due proof of loss b: proper under… …
15due — ► ADJECTIVE 1) owing or payable. 2) expected at or planned for a certain time. 3) (often due to) merited; fitting. 4) at a point where something is owed or merited: he was due for a rise. 5) proper; appropriate: due process of law. ► NOU …
16course — [kôrs] n. [ME cours & Fr course, both < OFr cours < L cursus, pp. of currere, to run: see CURRENT] 1. an onward movement; going on from one point to the next; progress 2. the progress or duration of time [in the course of a week] 3. a way,… …
17in due course — Synonyms and related words: after a while, anon, auspiciously, before long, betimes, by and by, directly, ere long, eventually, in a moment, in a while, in due season, in due time, in good time, in proper time, in time, just in time, now or never …
18time — [tīm] n. [ME < OE tima, prob. < IE * dī men < base * dā(i) , to part, divide up > TIDE1] I duration; continuance 1. indefinite, unlimited duration in which things are considered as happening in the past, present, or future; every… …
19in due course — in due time, when the time comes, when the occasion arises …
20in due course — at the appropriate time. → due …
