Definition of "hinging" []

• Present participle of hinge. (verb)

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• "He will be competing against a field of the greatest golfers from around the globe, with the world's top ranking and a major title hinging on the outcome."
• "It doesn't have any kind of hinging or rotation support, so however you position your monitor on the base is pretty much how it's going to stay."
• "Activists on both sides of the gay-marriage debate are anxiously watching the outcome of the battle in New York, which may end up hinging on the votes of only a handful of Republican senators."