HINGE UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hinge upon mean? 

• HINGE UPON (verb)
  The verb HINGE UPON has 1 sense:

1. be contingent on

  Familiarity information: HINGE UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HINGE UPON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be contingent on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on

Context example:

Your grade will depends on your homework

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hinge upon"):

build on; build upon; repose on; rest on (be based on; of theories and claims, for example)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes galectin-8 protein, plays a role is several diverse processes that hinge upon integrin-like cellular interactions such as development, differentiation, cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interaction, growth regulation, apoptosis and RNA splicing.

(LGALS8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)