Owing to the rain, the athletic meeting was put off.
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Owing
//ˈoʊ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "owing" (39 found)
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Translations
8 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дължим adj (still to be paid)
Hebrew
1 entries- חיב adj (still to be paid)
Hindi
1 entries- देय adj (still to be paid)
Portuguese
1 entries- devendo adj (still to be paid)
Russian
2 entries- обязанный adj (still to be paid)
- причитающийся adj (still to be paid)
Turkish
2 entries- borçlu adj (still to be paid)
- nedeniyle adj (still to be paid)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Owing to bad weather, I didn't go.
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Owing to a bad cold, he could not take part in the game.
Source: tatoeba (34716)
This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
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