how to pronounce owing

/ˈoʊɪŋ/

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owing is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of owing in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… in this country we know it's owing to …”

meanings of owing

adjective:

Still to be paid; owed as a debt.

verb:

Present participle of owe.

owing frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word owing occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics owing can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that owing can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;