Meanings
- Caused by; resulting from; because of.
Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.
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The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling.
Due to the rising cost of ingredients, the company decided to change the recipe. [disjunctive use, sometimes proscribed]
The accident was due to the breaking of one of the blades of the propeller on the left side.
1908, “Fatal fall of Wright airship”, in The New York TimesWhere else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68 - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see due, to.
Our deep gratitude is due to all those who have helped.
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The steamship was due to arrive in the Port of New York tomorrow.
Synonyms: caused by, as a consequence of, as a result of, because of, thanks to, on account of
- mathematics(of a proof) from, written by
The proof we provide is a nice indirect proof due to Euclid.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see due, to.
Translations
Afrikaans as gevolg van, weens
- as gevolg vancaused by
- weenscaused by
Arabic بِسَبَب, مِنْ جَرَّاء
- بِسَبَب (bisabab)caused by
- مِنْ جَرَّاء (min jarrāʔ)caused by
- عَلَى خَلْفِيَّة (ʕalā ḵalfiyya)caused by
Bulgarian поради́, благодаре́ние на
- поради́ (poradí)caused by
- благодаре́ние на (blagodarénie na)caused by
Catalan degut a
- degut acaused by
Chinese Mandarin 由於 /由于, 因為 /因为
- 由於 /由于 (yóuyú)caused by
- 因為 /因为 (yīnwèi, yīnwéi)caused by
Czech kvůli
- kvůlicaused by
Danish på grund af
- på grund afcaused by
Dutch door, veroorzaakt door
- doorcaused by
- veroorzaakt doorcaused by
- als gevolg vancaused by
Esperanto pro
- procaused by
Finnish takia, johdosta
- takiacaused by
- johdostacaused by
- johtuencaused by
French à cause de, en raison de
- à cause decaused by
- en raison decaused by
German aufgrund, wegen
- aufgrundcaused by
- wegencaused by
Greek εξαιτίας, λόγω
- εξαιτίας (exaitías)caused by
- λόγω (lógo)caused by
Hindi के कारण, की वजह से
- के कारण (ke kāraṇ)caused by
- की वजह से (kī vajah se)caused by
Hungarian miatt
- miattcaused by
Irish de bharr, toisc
- de bharrcaused by
- toisccaused by
Italian a causa di
- a causa dicaused by
Japanese …のせいで, …のために
- …のせいで (... no sei de)caused by
- …のためにcaused by
Korean ... 때문에
- ... 때문에 (... ttaemun-e)caused by
Norwegian Bokmål på grunn av, grunnet
- på grunn avcaused by
- grunnetcaused by
- takket værecaused by
Polish z powodu, ze względu na
- z powoducaused by
- ze względu nacaused by
- przezcaused by
Portuguese devido a, devido
- devido acaused by
- devidocaused by
Romanian datorită
- datorităcaused by
Russian и́з-за, благодаря́
- и́з-за (íz-za)caused by
- благодаря́ (blagodarjá)caused by
Slovak kvôli
- kvôlicaused by
Spanish debido a
- debido acaused by
Tamil அதனால், ஆதலால்
- அதனால் (ataṉāl)caused by
- ஆதலால் (ātalāl)caused by
- ஏனென்றால் (ēṉeṉṟāl)caused by
- ஏனெனில் (ēṉeṉil)caused by
Turkish (-den) ötürü
- (-den) ötürücaused by
Ukrainian че́рез, з-за
- че́рез (čérez)caused by
- з-за (z-za)caused by
- і́з-за (íz-za)caused by
- завдяки́ (zavdjaký)caused by
Vietnamese do, vì
- docaused by
- vìcaused by
- nhờcaused by
- tạicaused by
Welsh o achos, oherwydd
- o achoscaused by
- oherwyddcaused by
Cite this entry
due to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20to
“due to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “due to,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20to.
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