owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness

Synonyms of owing to

• with
• because of

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

His death, and the deaths of many others who were convinced to remain unvaccinated, might be as much owing to the narratives they were told as to the virus itself. —Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026

Keeping Cough Keeping Cough is a pertussis infection caused by holding in a productive cough owing to the fear of being perceived as having some form of coronavirus. —Alexis Wilkinson, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

Adjusted for inflation, that number comes to roughly $12 million in today's dollars; the ring is arguably priceless, however, owing to its provenance. —Emma Banks, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026

Morgan Stanley notes that the services and cyclical industries that have recently seen outsize underperformance owing to disruption fears make up only about 13% of the S&P 500’s market cap. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for owing to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue

Kids Definition

owing to

preposition

: because of

absent owing to illness