hinge on

English

	A user suggests that this English entry be moved, merged or split.
	Please see the discussion on Requests for moves, mergers and splits⁽⁺⁾ for more information and remove this template after the request has been fulfilled.

Alternative forms

hinge upon

Etymology

1700, hinge (verb) + on.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

depend on

Related terms

Translations

to depend upon

Bashkir: abl. + тороу (torow)
French: dépendre (fr)
Portuguese: depender (pt)
Russian: зави́сеть (ru) n (zavísetʹ)
Swedish: hänga på, bero på