hinge
noun
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
hinged
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past participleof hinge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof hinge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hingenouna jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves. -
a word derived from
hinge.
hingenouna jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
Example Sentences
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“The case hinged on the testimony of inmate witnesses who testified in shackles and orange jumpsuits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Richard Windsor, an independent analyst at Radio Free Mobile, said Alphabet’s earnings-per-share figure hinged largely on the “illusory security of a series of unrealized investment returns that will evaporate at the first hint of trouble.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
This was also the argument that her appeal hinged on.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The trial hinged on the question of whether Rogers was knowingly advancing China’s interests in sharing information, or had been duped into helping spies he believed were academics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Owner reached the circular wooden counter at the center of the main storeroom and lifted the hinged section to float inside, settling himself behind the register.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
