in due time

UK/ɪn djuː taɪm/UK/ɪn dʒuː taɪm/US/ɪn du taɪm/

prepositional phrase

Eventually; when ready; at an opportune moment.

Similar
all in good timein good timein due coursewhen the time comestime is ripein due season
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Eventually; when ready; at an opportune moment.

    Synonyms: all in good time, in good time, in due course, when the time comes, time is ripe

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseEventually; when ready; at an opportune moment.

Similar
all in good timein good timein due coursewhen the time comestime is ripe

More synonyms by meaning

adverbat the appropriate time

Similar
in due coursein due seasonin good timewhen the time comes
Also see
all in good timeeventuallyin due coursein good timewhen the time comes

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bengali যথাসময়ে, যথাকালে
  • যথাসময়ে (jothaśomoẏe)eventually
  • যথাকালে (jothakale)eventually
Bulgarian навреме
  • навреме (navreme)eventually
Dutch te zijner tijd
  • te zijner tijdeventually
Esperanto je konvena tempo
  • je konvena tempoeventually
Estonian omal ajal, õigel ajal
  • omal ajaleventually
  • õigel ajaleventually
Finnish ajallaan
  • ajallaaneventually
French en temps utile, en temps voulu
  • en temps utileeventually
  • en temps voulueventually
German zur rechten Zeit, zu gegebener Zeit
  • zur rechten Zeiteventually
  • zu gegebener Zeiteventually
Hungarian a kellő/megfelelő időben, ha eljön az ideje
  • a kellő/megfelelő időbeneventually
  • ha eljön az idejeeventually
  • a maga idejébeneventually
Italian a tempo debito, a suo tempo
  • a tempo debitoeventually
  • a suo tempoeventually
Norwegian når tiden er moden
  • når tiden er modeneventually
Polish w swoim czasie
  • w swoim czasieeventually
Portuguese no devido tempo
  • no devido tempoeventually
Romanian la termenul stabilit
  • la termenul stabiliteventually
Spanish a su debido tiempo, en su debido momento
  • a su debido tiempoeventually
  • en su debido momentoeventually
Swedish när tiden är inne, i sinom tid
  • när tiden är inneeventually
  • i sinom tideventually
Ukrainian у свій час
  • у свій час (u svij čas)eventually
Cite this entry
APA

in due time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20due%20time

MLA

“in due time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20due%20time. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in due time,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20due%20time.

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