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hinge upon

hinge upon is the alternative form of hinge on.

Meaning of hinge on

Verb

hinge on (third-person singular simple present hinges on, present participle hinging on, simple past and past participle hinged on)

  1. To depend on; to be contingent upon.
    • The success of this plan hinges upon his approval.
    Synonyms:
    depend on

Forms of hinge upon

third-person singular presenthinges upon
present participlehinging upon
past participlehinged upon
pasthinged upon

Questions about hinge upon

What is hinge upon the alternative form of?
Hinge upon is the alternative form of hinge on.

Words near hinge upon in the dictionary

  1. hinge joints
  2. hinge of Africa
  3. hinge on
  4. hinge termination
  5. hinge terminations
  6. hinge upon
  7. hinge-back
  8. hinge-back tortoise
  9. hinge-back tortoises
  10. hinge-backs
  11. hingeable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hinge upon (page history and authors); hinge on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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