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owing
[oh-ing]
owing
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
adjective
(postpositive) owed; due
(preposition) because of or on account of
Other 51Թ Forms
- unowing adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
owing to, because of; as a result of.
Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
Example Sentences
The harbor neighborhoods are probably the most polluted part of a very polluted city, owing to the filth that the port generates.
But BBC Sport understands Pep Guardiola's side are withdrawing their initial interest in the German international owing to the soaring costs of any deal.
Gabonese prosecutor Eddy Minang says the release of Mrs Bongo and her son is merely provisional, owing to poor health and that legal proceedings against the two will continue.
This is "owing to a combination of their complex modern materials, lack of a traditional coating layer, and intensity of flat colour fields, which make even the smallest areas of damage instantly perceptible," she said.
Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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