owing to
EnglishEdit
PrepositionEdit
- Because of, on account of.
- I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1975, p. 62]:
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
- as a consequence of, as a result of, because of, due to, thanks to, on account of
TranslationsEdit
because of
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