owing to

preposition

Because of, on account of.

“I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.”

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as a consequence ofas a result ofbecause ofdue tothanks toon account of
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Meanings

preposition
  1. Because of, on account of.

    I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.

    3 more examples

    It’s all owing to your precious caution that they got hold of it. If you had let me burn it, and taken my word that it was gone, it would have been a heap of ashes behind the fire, instead of being whole and sound, inside of my great-coat.

    1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

    Owing to the TB I connected breathing with joy, and owing to the gloom of the ward I connected joy with light, and owing to my irrationality I related light on the walls to light inside me.

    1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 62

    "Owing to the ongoing conflict, all rail services are subject to change on a short notice," warns the European Rail Timetable at the end of its short entry on the general state of Ukraine's railways.

    2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49

    Synonyms: as a consequence of, as a result of, because of, due to, thanks to, on account of

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionBecause of, on account of.

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as a consequence ofas a result ofbecause ofdue tothanks toon account of
Also see
because ofby virtue of

Translations

Arabic بِسَبَبّ
  • بِسَبَبّ (bisababb)because of
Bulgarian вследствие на
  • вследствие на (vsledstvie na)because of
Chinese Mandarin 由於 /由于
  • 由於 /由于 (yóuyú)because of
Danish grundet
  • grundetbecause of
Estonian pärast, tõttu
  • pärastbecause of
  • tõttubecause of
  • tänubecause of
Finnish ansiosta, johdosta
  • ansiostabecause of
  • johdostabecause of
  • takiabecause of
  • vuoksibecause of
French en raison de
  • en raison debecause of
German aufgrund, wegen
  • aufgrundbecause of
  • wegenbecause of
Norwegian Bokmål på grunn av
  • på grunn avbecause of
Polish wskutek, ze względu na
  • wskutekbecause of
  • ze względu nabecause of
  • dziękibecause of
Portuguese devido a
  • devido abecause of
Spanish por mor de
  • por mor debecause of
Swedish på grund av
  • på grund avbecause of
Cite this entry
APA

owing to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owing%20to

MLA

“owing to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owing%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “owing to,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owing%20to.

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