owing

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form owe

Third-person singular owes

Past tense owed

Past participle owed

Present participle owing

1. The present participle of owe.

Preposition

Preposition owing

1. You use owing to ${\displaystyle x}$, ${\displaystyle y}$ to show that ${\displaystyle x}$ is the reason for ${\displaystyle y}$.

   Owing to the problems, we have not been able to finish.

Synonyms

• because