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owing [ˈəʊɪŋ] adj
1. (postpositive) owed; due owing to (preposition) because of or on account of ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
owing Translations owing [ˈəʊɪŋ] A. ADJ how much is owing to you now? → ¿cuánto se le debe ahora? I think an explanation is owing → creo que se debe dar una explicación B. PREP owing to (= due to) → debido a, a causa de owing to the bad weather → debido al mal tiempo it is owing to lack of time → se debe a la falta de tiempo owing adj → unbezahlt; the amount owing on the house → die Schulden, die auf dem Haus liegen; how much is still owing? → wie viel steht noch aus?; a lot of money is owing to me → man schuldet mir viel Geld; the money still owing to us (Comm) → die Außenstände pl; to pay what is owing → den ausstehenden Betrag bezahlen prep owing to → wegen (+gen or (inf) +dat), → infolge (+gen); owing to the circumstances → umständehalber; owing to his being foreign → weil er Ausländer ist; and it’s all owing to him that we succeeded → und unser Erfolg ist ihm allein zuzuschreiben How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. And after this interval, variety a1 is supposed in the diagram to have produced variety a2, which will, owing to the principle of divergence, differ more from (A) than did variety a1. In this fragment, entitled "Underground," this person introduces himself and his views, and, as it were, tries to explain the causes owing to which he has made his appearance and was bound to make his appearance in our midst. |
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