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Definition: Hinge Upon |
Hinge UponVerb1. Be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the electin"; "Your grade will depends on your homework". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Hinge UponSynonyms: depend on (v), depend upon (v), devolve on (v), hinge on (v), ride on (v), turn on (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Effect | Verb: be the effect of; Noun: be due to,be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise -, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from,result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "hinge upon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 取決 (depend upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingehay onupay depinde de (depend on, found on, found upon, hang on, hinge on, pivot on, rest with). (various references) ขึ้นอยู่กับ (hinge on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-n-n-o-p-u" | |
-2 letters: opening, penguin, phoning, unhinge. | |
-3 letters: enough, epigon, guenon, hoeing, honing, hoping, pigeon, unopen. | |
-4 letters: ennui, genip, gipon, hinge, neigh, ohing, opine, oping, ouphe, pengo, penni, phone, pingo, pinon, unhip, union, unpeg, unpen, unpin. | |
-5 letters: genu, gien, gone, hone, hong, hope, huge, hung, neon, nigh, nine, none, nope, noun, open, ouph, pein, peon, phon, pine. | |
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