owing to

Preposition

Meaning

owing to

Because of, on account of.
I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.

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Synonyms

due result through consequence attributable via because for thru because of due to thanks to on account of

Antonyms

despite notwithstanding no matter regardless of

Examples

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self. Guru Nanak Dev

We believe that every being is divine, is God. Every soul is a sun covered over with clouds of ignorance; the difference between soul and soul is owing to the difference in density of these layers of clouds. Swami Vivekananda

I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement. Oscar Wilde

He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control. Agatha Christie

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. François de La Rochefoucauld

Close letter words and terms

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