Phrase guide

due to

prep · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

prep

Meaning 1

Caused by; resulting from; because of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.
  • The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling.
  • Due to the rising cost of ingredients, the company decided to change the recipe. [disjunctive use, sometimes proscribed]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see due, to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The steamship was due to arrive in the Port of New York tomorrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prep

Meaning 3

(of a proof) from, written by

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The proof we provide is a nice indirect proof due to Euclid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: as gevolg van — caused by
  • Afrikaans: weens — caused by
  • Arabic: بِسَبَب (bisabab) — caused by
  • Arabic: مِنْ جَرَّاء (min jarrāʔ) — caused by
  • Arabic: عَلَى خَلْفِيَّة (ʕalā ḵalfiyya) — caused by
  • Azerbaijani: ucbatından — caused by
  • Azerbaijani: üzündən — caused by
  • Belarusian: з-за (z-za) — caused by
  • Belarusian: праз (praz) — caused by
  • Belarusian: дзя́куючы (dzjákujučy) — caused by
  • Bulgarian: поради́ (poradí) — caused by
  • Bulgarian: благодаре́ние на (blagodarénie na) — caused by
  • Catalan: degut a — caused by
  • Chinese Mandarin: 由於 /由于 (yóuyú) — caused by
  • Chinese Mandarin: 因為 /因为 (yīnwèi, yīnwéi) — caused by
  • Czech: kvůli — caused by
  • Danish: på grund af — caused by
  • Dutch: door — caused by
  • Dutch: veroorzaakt door — caused by
  • Dutch: als gevolg van — caused by
  • Esperanto: pro — caused by
  • Finnish: takia — caused by
  • Finnish: johdosta — caused by
  • Finnish: johtuen — caused by
  • French: à cause de — caused by
  • French: en raison de — caused by
  • Galician: por causa de — caused by
  • Galician: por mor de — caused by
  • German: aufgrund — caused by
  • German: wegen — caused by
  • Greek: εξαιτίας (exaitías) — caused by
  • Greek: λόγω (lógo) — caused by
  • Hindi: के कारण (ke kāraṇ) — caused by
  • Hindi: की वजह से (kī vajah se) — caused by
  • Hungarian: miatt — caused by
  • Irish: de bharr — caused by
  • Irish: toisc — caused by
  • Italian: a causa di — caused by
  • Japanese: ...のせいで (... no sei de) — caused by
  • Japanese: ...のために — caused by
  • Khmer: ដោយសារតែការ (daoy saa tae kaa) — caused by
  • Khmer: បង្កឡើងដោយ (bɑngkɑɑ laəng daoy) — caused by
  • Korean: ... 때문에 (... ttaemun-e) — caused by
  • Lower Tanana: xwnoɬto — caused by
  • Macedonian: поради (poradi) — caused by
  • Macedonian: благодарение на (blagodarenie na) — caused by
  • Eastern Mari: верч (verč) — caused by
  • Mizo: vângin — caused by
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på grunn av — caused by
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grunnet — caused by
  • Norwegian Bokmål: takket være — caused by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: på grunn av — caused by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grunna — caused by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: takk vere — caused by
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: for skuld — caused by
  • Polish: ze względu na — caused by
  • Polish: przez — caused by
  • Portuguese: devido a — caused by
  • Portuguese: devido — caused by
  • Romanian: datorită — caused by
  • Russian: и́з-за (íz-za) — caused by
  • Russian: благодаря́ (blagodarjá) — caused by
  • Serbo-Croatian: збо̏г — caused by
  • Serbo-Croatian: zbȍg — caused by
  • Slovak: kvôli — caused by
  • Slovene: zaradi — caused by
  • Spanish: debido a — caused by
  • Tamil: அதனால் (ataṉāl) — caused by
  • Tamil: ஆதலால் (ātalāl) — caused by
  • Tamil: ஏனென்றால் (ēṉeṉṟāl) — caused by
  • Tamil: ஏனெனில் (ēṉeṉil) — caused by
  • Telugu: వల్ల (valla) — caused by
  • Turkish: (-den) ötürü — caused by
  • Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez) — caused by
  • Ukrainian: з-за (z-za) — caused by
  • Ukrainian: і́з-за (íz-za) — caused by
  • Ukrainian: завдяки́ (zavdjaký) — caused by
  • Venetan: par — caused by
  • Vietnamese: do — caused by
  • Vietnamese: vì — caused by
  • Vietnamese: nhờ — caused by
  • Vietnamese: tại — caused by
  • Welsh: o achos — caused by
  • Welsh: oherwydd — caused by