due to
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Caused by; resulting from; because of.
prep
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see due, to.
Example Sentences
- "Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading."
- "The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling."
- "Due to the rising cost of ingredients, the company decided to change the recipe. [disjunctive use, sometimes proscribed]"
- "The accident was due to the breaking of one of the blades of the propeller on the left side."
- "Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?"
- "The steamship was due to arrive in the Port of New York tomorrow."