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owing
[ oh-ing ]
owing
/ ˈəʊɪŋ /
adjective
- postpositive owed; due
- owing topreposition because of or on account of
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ǷiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- owing to, because of; as a result of:
Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
Example Sentences
Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.
Mortgage rates remain difficult to predict owing to uncertainty created by US tariff policy on the wider economy.
She said she could not see Martha "one last time" as the vet advised against it owing to the severity of the kitten's head injuries.
Between the fear of accidentally owing money to the IRS and the anxiety of navigating complex forms, filing taxes can feel like playing cards at a table where only the dealer knows the game.
And with NOAA’s monthly climate change briefings indefinitely suspended in April owing to personnel reductions, staff may become less aware of what, precisely, is happening to the climate.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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