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- [hinj]
- /hɪndʒ/
- /hɪndʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hinj]
- /hɪndʒ/
Definitions of hinge word
- noun hinge a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves. 1
- noun hinge a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell. 1
- noun hinge that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor. 1
- noun hinge Also called mount. Philately. a gummed sticker for affixing a stamp to a page of an album, so folded as to form a hinge, allowing the stamp to be raised to reveal the text beneath. 1
- verb without object hinge to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usually followed by on or upon): Everything hinges on his decision. 1
- verb with object hinge to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges. 1
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Origin of hinge
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English henge; cognate with Low German heng(e), Middle Dutch henge hinge; akin to hang
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Parts of speech for Hinge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hinge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hinge
verb hinge
- depend — If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.
- pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
noun hinge
- axis — An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- joint — the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
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