hinge on

Questions about hinge on

What does hinge on mean?

hinge on means "be contingent on".

What is another word for hinge on?

Close synonyms include depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn 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 hinge on a common word?

hinge on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 hinge on come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.