Definition of 'due to'
attributable to or caused by
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due to in British English
preposition
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1.
caused by; resulting from
an omission due to oversight
2. Informal
because of
widely so used despite objections by some grammarians the name was omitted due to oversight
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due to in American English
a.
attributable to; ascribable to
The delay was due to heavy traffic
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Synonyms of 'due to'
caused by, attributable to, put down to, traceable to
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due to
British English: due to
/ˈdjuː tu:/ PREPOSITION
If something is due to another thing, it is a result of that thing.
He couldn't do the job, due to pain in his hands.
- American English: due to /ˈdu tu/
- Arabic: نَتِيجَةً لـ
- Brazilian Portuguese: devido a
- Chinese: 由于
- Croatian: zbog
- Czech: vzhledem k
- Danish: på grund af
- Dutch: vanwege
- European Spanish: debido a
- Finnish: johtuen
- French: en raison de
- German: aufgrund
- Greek: εξαίτιας
- Italian: a causa di
- Japanese: ・・・のために 原因
- Korean: ...때문에
- Norwegian: på grunn av
- Polish: z powodu
- European Portuguese: devido a
- Romanian: din cauza
- Russian: вследствие
- Latin American Spanish: debido a
- Swedish: på grund av
- Thai: เนื่องจาก
- Turkish: dolayı
- Ukrainian: через
- Vietnamese: do
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