Definition of "be due" [be due]

• Be the result of (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In the book, Wolfelt argues that a whole host of problems depression, anxiety, bad relationships, general malaise might be due to what he calls “hidden grief” or “carried grief” from a past loss that was driven underground but remains as toxic as a chemical spill."
• "He said that the binding was so “stereospecific” it had to be an opiate, like morphine, but because the binding was so weak he suspected that it might be due to the presence of a morphine contaminant in the sample."
• "The second-mortgage amount of $63,000 will be due in five years in one balloon payment."