owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness

Synonyms

• because of
• due to
• through
• with

Examples of owing to in a Sentence

She walks with a limp owing to a childhood injury.

owing to the extra snow days this year, we'll have to run an additional two days into June

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s no firm timeline for when connections to San Francisco and Los Angeles would be completed, owing to the need to secure at least $70 billion of additional funding. —Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

Partially owing to the fact that no one will work with her party, she’s never held any government post before. —Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025

Kulusevski was a regular in midfield until November but has had to fill in more often out wide recently owing to attacking injuries. —Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025

The tale of a family of three strained by a father’s odd behavior — owing to what appears to be PTSD — the neorealist Bengali- and Hindi-language drama hints at numerous ideas in the realm of gender, administrative power and the woes of the Indian working class. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for owing to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue

Kids Definition

owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness