owing

[ oh-ing ]

/ ˈoʊ ɪŋ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR owing

adjective

owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.

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To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

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Idioms for owing

owing to, because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.

Origin of owing

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at owe, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM owing

un·ow·ing, adjective

Words nearby owing

Owen Stanley, Owen Stanley Range, ower, Owerri, OWI, owing, owl, owl butterfly, owlet, owlet moth, owlet nightjar

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Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.
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But owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.
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Bloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.
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Owing to a citizen protest, which moved the issue to district court, the vote has been postponed to April 2014.
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The Soviets stopped setting off nukes at Nova Zembla after that, owing to international pressure.
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Owing to circumstances, the eldest lad had to be sent to school at an early age.
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Chichester, however, had to be renounced, owing to the difficulty of residence.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Both branches of the Lyric Club, in fact, came suddenly to grief, owing to a great misfortune which it is better not to recall.
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Unfortunately her first appearance in London had to be postponed for a year owing to the fact of there being no vacancy.
Carnival|Compton Mackenzie
Owing to its large size and rapid rotation, as has already been mentioned, Jupiter is very much flattened at the poles.
The Story of the Solar System|George F. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for owing

owing

/ (ˈəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

(postpositive) owed; due

owing to (preposition) because of or on account of

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