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owing
[ oh-ing ]
owing
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
adjective
- postpositive owed; due
- owing topreposition because of or on account of
Other Words From
- un·owing adjective
Word 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
Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.
But owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.
By 1729 one of them was already complaining that “Rome is much changed to the worse … entirely owing to the British.”
Bloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.
It would be too crazy—suicidal really, especially since, besides owing his job to Reilly, he also owes Reilly $20,000 dollars.
In these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.
The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.
This whole region is for the most part very cold, owing to various causes.
Owing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.
It was to a great extent owing to the conduct of the Duke of Elchingen that Massna was at last compelled to retreat.
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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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