"hinge on" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "1700, hinge (verb) + on.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinging on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "hinge on (third-person singular simple present hinges on, present participle hinging on, simple past and past participle hinged on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The success of this plan hinges upon his approval.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend on; to be contingent upon."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge_on-en-verb-Iu7Gg~vS",
      "links": [
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ],
        [
          "contingent",
          "contingent"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hinging on"
        },
        {
          "word": "hinge upon"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "depend on"
        },
        {
          "word": "hinge upon"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "note": "abl. + тороу (torow)",
          "sense": "to depend upon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to depend upon",
          "word": "dépendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to depend upon",
          "word": "depender"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavísetʹ",
          "sense": "to depend upon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зави́сеть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to depend upon",
          "word": "hänga på"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to depend upon",
          "word": "bero på"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hinge on"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "1700, hinge (verb) + on.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinging on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "hinge on (third-person singular simple present hinges on, present participle hinging on, simple past and past participle hinged on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hinging on"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge upon"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "The success of this plan hinges upon his approval.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend on; to be contingent upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ],
        [
          "contingent",
          "contingent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "depend on"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge upon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "note": "abl. + тороу (torow)",
      "sense": "to depend upon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to depend upon",
      "word": "dépendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to depend upon",
      "word": "depender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavísetʹ",
      "sense": "to depend upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зави́сеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to depend upon",
      "word": "hänga på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to depend upon",
      "word": "bero på"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hinge on"
}