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

Though support for Palestinians and an end to the war in Ukraine is widespread in Turkey, for Turks who face an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, owing to market turmoil induced by shake-ups in domestic politics, international politics is a secondary concern. —Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025

Venus is an inferno owing to the runaway greenhouse effect of its atmosphere, while Mars has almost entirely lost its atmosphere and frozen over. —Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025

Historian Greenblatt determined that London’s theaters only opened for nine months between 1606 to 1610 owing to the plague. —Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025

Hayli Gubbi’s historical record is relatively small, owing to the area’s extreme remoteness and harsh conditions. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025

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