Phrase guide

owing to

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep

Meaning 1

Because of, on account of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِسَبَبّ (bisababb) — because of
  • Arabic: بسبب (besababb) — because of
  • Azerbaijani: ucbatından — because of
  • Bulgarian: вследствие на (vsledstvie na) — because of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 由於 /由于 (yóuyú) — because of
  • Danish: grundet — because of
  • Estonian: pärast — because of
  • Estonian: tõttu — because of
  • Estonian: tänu — because of
  • Finnish: ansiosta — because of
  • Finnish: johdosta — because of
  • Finnish: takia — because of
  • Finnish: vuoksi — because of
  • French: en raison de — because of
  • German: aufgrund — because of
  • German: wegen — because of
  • Northern Kurdish: ji ber — because of
  • Lao: ເນື່ອງຈາກ (nư̄ang chāk) — because of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på grunn av — because of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: på grunn av — because of
  • Polish: wskutek — because of
  • Polish: ze względu na — because of
  • Polish: dzięki — because of
  • Portuguese: devido a — because of
  • Spanish: por mor de — because of
  • Swedish: på grund av — because of