devolve on

Questions about devolve on

What does devolve on mean?

devolve on means "be contingent on".

What is another word for devolve on?

Close synonyms include depend on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is devolve on a common word?

devolve on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for devolve on come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.