"owing to" meaning in English

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Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} owing to, {{en-prep}} owing to
  1. Because of, on account of. Synonyms: as a consequence of, as a result of, because of, due to, thanks to, on account of Translations (because of): بِسَبَبّ (bisababb) (Arabic), بسبب (besababb) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ucbatından (Azerbaijani), вследствие на (vsledstvie na) (Bulgarian), 由於 (Chinese Mandarin), 由于 (yóuyú) (Chinese Mandarin), grundet (Danish), pärast (Estonian), tõttu (Estonian), tänu (Estonian), ansiosta (Finnish), johdosta (Finnish), takia (Finnish), vuoksi (Finnish), en raison de (French), ເນື່ອງຈາກ (nư̄ang chāk) (Lao), ji ber (Northern Kurdish), på grunn av (Norwegian Bokmål), på grunn av (Norwegian Nynorsk), wskutek (Polish), ze względu na (Polish), dzięki (Polish), devido a (Portuguese), por mor de (Spanish), på grund av (Swedish)

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