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Definition 2024

See also: dueto

caused by; resulting from.
Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.
- 1908, “Fatal fall of Wright airship”, in The New York Times:
  The accident was due to the breaking of one of the blades of the propeller on the left side.

caused by

Arabic: بِفَضْل ‎(bi-faḍl), بِسَبَب ‎(bi-sabab)
Egyptian Arabic: بفضل ‎(befaḍl), عشان ‎(ʿašaan)
Belarusian:
Breton:
Bulgarian: благодарение на ‎(blagodarenie na)
Catalan: degut a
Cherokee:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 由於 (zh), 由于 (zh) ‎(yóuyú), 因為 (zh), 因为 (zh) ‎(yīnwèi, yīnwéi)
Czech: kvůli (cs), způsoben (cs)
Danish: på grund af
Dhivehi:
Dutch: door (nl), veroorzaakt door, als gevolg van
Esperanto: pro (eo)
Finnish: takia (fi), johdosta (fi), johtuen (fi)
French: à cause de (fr)
German: aufgrund (de), wegen (de)
Greek: εξαιτίας (el) ‎(exaitías), λόγω (el) ‎(lógo)
Italian: a causa di

Japanese: ...のせいで ‎(... no sei de), ...のために (ja) ‎(... no tame ni)
Khmer: ដោយសារតែការ ‎(daoy saara’ tae kaa), បង្កឡើងដោយ ‎(bɑŋkɑɑ laəŋ daoy)
Latin: propter + accusative, ob (la) + accusative
Mirandese:
Norwegian:

Bokmål: på grunn av (no)

Nynorsk: på grunn av
Polish: z powodu (pl) + genitive
Portuguese: devido a (pt), devido (pt)
Romanian: datorită
Russian: и́з-за (ru) ‎(íz-za) (because of), благодаря́ (ru) ‎(blagodarjá) (thanks to)
Spanish: debido a
Tamil:
Telugu: వల్ల (te) ‎(valla)
Venetian: par (vec)
Volapük:

Though usage of "due to" as a preposition is common, some speakers will object and recommend owing to instead, reserving due for use as an adjective only.