long overdue

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• It's Long Overdue — Infobox Album Name = It s Long Overdue Type = Album Artist = Keith Martin Background = Released = April 18th 1995 Recorded = Genre = R n B Length = 1 hour 04 minutes Label = Sony, Ruffhouse Producer = Inerje Barrett, Michael McCary Reviews = Last …   Wikipedia

• overdue — o‧ver‧due [ˌəʊvəˈdjuː◂ ǁ ˌoʊvərˈduː◂] adjective ACCOUNTING a payment that is overdue should have been made earlier: • The payment is two weeks overdue. • Interest on overdue taxes will stay at 11%. * * * overdue UK US /ˌəʊvəˈdjuː/ US … …   Financial and business terms

• overdue — adjective 1 a payment that is overdue should have been paid earlier: an overdue gas bill 2 be overdue for to have needed something done for a long time: The car is overdue for a tune up. 3 something that is overdue should have happened or been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• overdue — o|ver|due [ ,ouvər du ] adjective if something is overdue, it should have been done before now: long overdue: This change in attitude is long overdue. overdue for: You re long overdue for a dental check up. a. a payment that is overdue should… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• overdue — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈdjuː] / US [ˌoʊvərˈdu] adjective if something is overdue, it should have been done before now long overdue: This change in attitude is long overdue. overdue for: You re long overdue for a dental check up. a) if something or someone… …   English dictionary

• overdue — o|ver|due [ˌəuvəˈdju: US ˌouvərˈdu:] adj 1.) not done, paid, returned etc by the time expected ▪ an overdue gas bill ▪ The library books are overdue. ▪ The baby was a week overdue (=it was expected to be born a week ago) . 2.) something that is… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overdue — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ long ▪ These reforms are long overdue. PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• overdue — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)dju͟ː, du͟ː[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now. This debate is long overdue... I ll go home and pay an overdue visit to my… …   English dictionary

• overdue — overdueness, n. /oh veuhr dooh , dyooh /, adj. 1. past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books. 2. too long awaited; needed or expected for some time: Improvements in our highway system are …   Universalium

• long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English