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

Their sense of smell is phenomenal, owing to large olfactory organs and nostrils. —Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024

The title of the collection is Ephemeral owing to the very transient nature of flowers. —Blue Carreon, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

The range of where these trees can grow is steadily expanding as temperatures rise worldwide, and owing to their wide-spreading root system, breadfruit trees are virtually indestructible. —Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024

The region, claimed as the homeland of white racial purity—owing to a 1795 tract by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach—had by then been revealed to be less homogenous than reputed. —Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness