"hang upon" meaning in English

See hang upon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: hangs upon [present, singular, third-person], hanging upon [participle, present], hung upon [participle, past], hung upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> upon}} hang upon (third-person singular simple present hangs upon, present participle hanging upon, simple past and past participle hung upon)
  1. To regard with passionate affection.
    Sense id: en-hang_upon-en-verb-rU3rfiLq
  2. To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest.
    Sense id: en-hang_upon-en-verb-e2G6Ka2t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 57 25 8
  3. (military) To hover around. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-hang_upon-en-verb-Y6r~7w0M Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (idiomatic) To depend upon. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: hang on Related terms: hang on
    Sense id: en-hang_upon-en-verb-rYitRJgk Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (upon) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (upon): 10 29 16 45

Download JSON data for hang upon meaning in English (2.1kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "hang upon (third-person singular simple present hangs upon, present participle hanging upon, simple past and past participle hung upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To regard with passionate affection."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_upon-en-verb-rU3rfiLq",
      "links": [
        [
          "passionate",
          "passionate"
        ],
        [
          "affection",
          "affection"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 57 25 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They hung upon his every word.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_upon-en-verb-e2G6Ka2t",
      "links": [
        [
          "sycophancy",
          "sycophancy"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hover around."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_upon-en-verb-Y6r~7w0M",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) To hover around."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 16 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend upon."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_upon-en-verb-rYitRJgk",
      "links": [
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To depend upon."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 93",
          "word": "hang on"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hang on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang upon"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "hang upon (third-person singular simple present hangs upon, present participle hanging upon, simple past and past participle hung upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hang on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To regard with passionate affection."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passionate",
          "passionate"
        ],
        [
          "affection",
          "affection"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They hung upon his every word.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sycophancy",
          "sycophancy"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hover around."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) To hover around."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To depend upon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hang on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang upon"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.