in due course
in due course
Meaning
- quite soon in the future
- something that cannot be done presently but will happen at the right time
- in the typical or appropriate sequence (of events)
- not before the right time in future
- eventually – in a reasonable period of time
Example Sentences
- All candidates will be informed of our decision in due course.
- The students will receive the notification of the exam in due course.
- In due course, this tiny plant will grow into a huge tree.
- The stolen statue will be transported to Nepal from the US in due course.
- The investigator will provide further information in due course.
- The Company intends to respond in due course.
Origin
“Course” comes from Latin cursus that means – a journey; a running; direction; the flow of a stream; track navigated by a ship.”
Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet and author of the Middle Ages, used the phrase ‘in due time‘ in the late 1300s.
A similar use of “course” in the famous beginning of the American Declaration of Independence (1776):
“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands …”
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