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hinging on

hinging on is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about hinging on

What is hinging on the present participle and gerund of?
Hinging on is the present participle and gerund of hinge on.

Words near hinging on in the dictionary

  1. hingey
  2. Hinggan
  3. Hingham
  4. Hinghwa
  5. hinging
  6. hinging on
  7. hinging upon
  8. Hingle
  9. Hingles
  10. Hinglish
  11. Hingoli

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hinging on (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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