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REPOSE ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be based on; of theories and claims, for example

Example:

What's this new evidence based on?

Synonyms:

build on; build upon; repose on; rest on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "repose on" is one way to...):

depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on (be contingent on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repose on"):

owe (be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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