in due course (of time)

  • 31due — 1 adjective 1 be due to be expected to happen or arrive at a particular time: When is your baby due? | be due at five o clock/thirteen hundred hours etc: The flight from Boston is due at 9:30. | be due in an hour/two days etc: The bus is due any… …

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  • 32course — /kawrs, kohrs/, n., v., coursed, coursing. n. 1. a direction or route taken or to be taken. 2. the path, route, or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream. 3. advance or progression in a particular direction; forward or onward… …

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  • 33course — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 complete series of lessons or lectures ADJECTIVE ▪ computer, psychology, Spanish, etc. ▪ crash, intensive ▪ short …

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  • 34course — I UK [kɔː(r)s] / US [kɔrs] noun [countable] Word forms course : singular course plural courses *** 1) a series of lessons or lectures in an academic subject or a practical skill a drama/secretarial/Spanish course course in: an introductory course …

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  • 35course — /kɔs / (say kaws) noun 1. advance in a particular direction; onward movement. 2. the path, route or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream; the course of a ship. 3. the ground, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc …

  • 36due — I UK [djuː] / US [du] adjective *** 1) [never before noun] if something is due to happen, it is expected to happen or should happen due on/in/at: A new version of the software is due in the next couple of weeks. due to do something: The case is… …

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  • 37course — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. channel, passage; march, progression; mode, method; curriculum (see learning); circuit. v. i. run, flow (see fluidity). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A route] Syn. direction, passage, path, way; see route 1 …

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  • 38due — [[t]du, dyu[/t]] adj. 1) a) owing or owed: This bill is due next month[/ex] b) immediately owed: This bill is due[/ex] 2) owing or observed as a moral or natural right 3) rightful; proper; fitting: in due time[/ex] 4) adequate; sufficient: a due… …

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  • 39due*/*/*/ — [djuː] adj I 1) expected to happen or to be somewhere Her baby is due in May (= expected to be born).[/ex] I m due at a meeting in ten minutes.[/ex] The case is due to go to court next month.[/ex] The prisoners are not due for release until next… …

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  • 40course — [[t]kɔrs, koʊrs[/t]] n. v. coursed, cours•ing 1) a direction or route taken or to be taken 2) the path, route, or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream[/ex] 3) advance or progression in a particular direction 4) the… …

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